Concordia’s Institute for Investigative Journalism launches a Canada-wide COVID-19 data project – Concordia News
The national effort will assist news organizations by providing free up-to-the-minute maps, audience engagement tools and other resources
April 23, 2020
Concordia’s Institute for Investigative Journalism (IIJ), with the support of journalism schools nationwide, the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) and Esri Canada, has created a cooperative designed to provide free reporting support, maps and audience engagement tools.
Project Pandemic will help Canadian news organizations to inform audiences about the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath.
This week, the IIJ hired 10 student reporters and recent graduates from across the country to help gather information in support of member news organizations: Angela Amato, MacEwan University; Jaida Beaudin-Hearney, First Nations University of Canada; Laurence Brisson Dubreuil, Concordia; Erica Endemann, Carleton University; Noel Harper, Mount Royal University; Lila Maitre, UQAM; Carol Park, University of British Columbia; Anukul Thakur, Humber College; Emma Wilkie, University of King’s College; and Karina Zapata, Mount Royal University.
