Article Added On: June 17, 2004 - over 3 years ago
Title: 1998 Media Scan
Author: Joyce Smith
Publication Date: January 01, 1998 - over 10 years ago
Faith Groups: Other
Themes: religion in the media
Abstract:
During the first week of June 1998, 270 journalists and representatives from various faith communities converged on the Journalism school of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The first ever Faith and the Media conference sought to bring together these two 'groups' to discuss how together they might improve faith coverage in Canada.
In addition to several newspaper articles about the conference, CBC Radio's Cross-Country Check-Up aired a special live show from the conference, CBC's evening news broadcast, The National, taped and later showed a roundtable discussion held during the conference, and Vision TV broadcast three half-hour episodes distilled from panels and presentations. The conference committee maintains a web site featuring papers given during the conference, as well as related material.
Description: Main summary page - 1998
During the first week of June 1998, 270 journalists and representatives from various faith communities converged on the Journalism school of Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. The first ever Faith and the Media conference sought to bring together these two 'groups' to discuss how together they might improve faith coverage in Canada.
In addition to several newspaper articles about the conference, CBC Radio's Cross-Country Check-Up aired a special live show from the conference, CBC's evening news broadcast, The National, taped and later showed a roundtable discussion held during the conference, and Vision TV broadcast three half-hour episodes distilled from panels and presentations. The conference committee maintains a web site featuring papers given during the conference, as well as related material.
One of the key elements of the conference was an analysis of articles and photos clipped from newspapers across Canada. Volunteers were asked to read newspapers for religious content, note measurements and type of coverage, and then pass on their findings to Lois Sweet, journalist and author of God in the Classroom. Sweet prepared a summary of the findings entitled "A snap-shot of religious coverage in Canada."
Following the conference, organizers kindly made the clippings available to me for futher analysis. What follows is a synopsis of some of the quantifiable elements of the media scan, based on the volunteer's data. Stay tuned for next year's study!
Discover what you would have read about religion across the country on Friday, 24 February 1998 or on Thursday, 30 April 1998.
Or see just how different a day can look depending on where you are in Ontario.
Just who is writing what about whom?
Some notes on the research.
