Ivor Shapiro, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

journalism professional identity ethics

Latest funding

Mapping the professional orientations and worldviews of Canadian journalists
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$136,328
Journalistic verification as rule of practice / La vérification journalistique comme règle professionnelle
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$72,300

All 2 grants and awards

Mapping the professional orientations and worldviews of Canadian journalists

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shapiro, Ivor

Keywords: journalism; professional identity; ethics

$136,328

Journalistic verification as rule of practice / La vérification journalistique comme règle professionnelle

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Brin, Colette

Keywords: journalism; professionalism; best practices; newsroom ethnography

$72,300

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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