Tim Currie is Director of the School of Journalism at the University of King’s College. He teaches courses in online journalism, social media, audience engagement, and reporting techniques.

He is co-editor of The New Journalist: Roles, Skills, and Critical Thinking (2010) and has authored ethics guidelines for the Canadian Association of Journalists.

Tim’s research interests include journalism education, journalists’ use of social media and mobile applications of news. He comments frequently in the media on topics such as online comments, publication bans and news organizations’ use of social media.

Tim has a BA in history and political studies from Queen’s University (1988), a BJ from King’s (1992) and an MA in communications and technology from the University of Alberta (2006). He has led Kings’ online journalism instruction since 1999.

• My courses are listed on my King’s College profile page
• Some lectures are on my Slideshare page

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Peer-Reviewed Academic Journal Publications:

• Currie, T. (2011). Experiments in location-based content: A case study of Postmedia’s use of Foursquare. #ISOJ Journal, 1(2), 29-64.

Peer-Reviewed Academic Conference Papers:

• Currie, T. (2012, August 10). Social media editors in the newsroom: A survey of roles and functions. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s annual conference in Chicago.
• Currie, T. (2012, March 9). Towards a model for process journalism and responsible communication. Presented at the Press Freedom in Canada conference, Ryerson University, Toronto.
• Currie, T. (2011, Nov. 4). How news organizations are using Foursquare: A Postmedia case study. Presented at the Information and Social Networks Symposium, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• Currie, T. (2011, April). Experiments in location-based content: A case study of Postmedia’s use of Foursquare. Paper presented at the International Symposium of Online Journalism, Austin, Texas.
• Currie, T. (2010, June). Online Journalism Education in Canada. [PowerPoint slides]. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association conference, Montreal, Quebec.
• Currie, T. (2009, June). Targeting An Online Community: U-News.ca. [PowerPoint slides]. Paper presented at the Canadian Communication Association conference, Ottawa, Ontario.

Books

• Benedetti, P., Currie, T., & Kierans, K. (Eds.). (2010).  The new journalist: Roles, skills, and critical thinking. Emond Montgomery: Toronto.

Book Chapters

• Currie, T. (2014). Handling mistakes: Corrections and unpublishing. In L. Zion & D. Craig (Eds.), Ethics for digital journalists: Emerging best practices. Routledge: New York.
• Currie, T. (2010). Roles and Skills for Cross-Platform Reporting. In P. Benedetti, T. Currie & K. Kierans (Eds.), The new journalist: Roles, skills, and critical thinking. Emond Montgomery: Toronto.
• Currie, T. (2010). Data Visualizations and Interactives. In P. Benedetti, T. Currie & K. Kierans (Eds.), The new journalist: Roles, skills, and critical thinking. Emond Montgomery: Toronto.

Published Summaries of Research

• Currie, T. (2012, Oct. 2). Social media editors in Canadian newsrooms describe integration, unique challenges. J-Source.

Academic Conference Panels

• Currie, T., Snow‐Capparelli, S., Taylor, L., Vallance-Jones, F. & Waddell, C. (2014, May 31). Collision point: When professional and pedagogical imperatives conflict. Toward 2020: New Directions in Journalism Education, Ryerson University.

Professional Conference Panels

• Currie, T. (Panel Host). (2015, June 6). Fair use of images and video online. Canadian Association of Journalists national conference 2015. Atlantica Hotel, Halifax.

Journalism Articles

• Currie, T. (2012, Jan. 23). How a tightly paywalled, social-media-ignoring, anti-copy-paste, gossipy news site became a dominant force in Nova Scotia. Nieman Journalism Lab.
• Currie, T. (2011, Sept. 1). Chats don’t have to be online: A newspaper finds success with its downtown news cafe. Nieman Journalism Lab.
• Currie, T. (2011, June 29). In Canada and New Zealand, news agencies in flux illustrate the pressures on the co-op model. Nieman Journalism Lab.
• Currie, T. (2011, April 14). What works for news orgs on Foursquare? Opinion, reviews, evergreens, but maybe not the news. Nieman Journalism Lab.
• Currie, T. (2009, Nov. 24). New media beast tries unproven business model. J-Source.

Contributions to Journalism Professional Practice

• Currie, T. (Contributor) (2015, October 5). Sponsored Content: How Should Journalism Ethics Respond to Advertising Dressed up as Journalism? Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Primary Author) (2014, May 5). CAJ ethics committee case study: When to unpublish? Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Contributor) (2014, April 2). Online Comment Moderation. Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Contributor) (2012, June 15). What is Journalism? Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Contributor) (2011, November). Best Practices in Digital Accuracy and Corrections. Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Primary author) (2011, February 4). Guidelines for Personal Activity Online. Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Contributor) (2010, October 27). Ethics of unpublishing. Canadian Association of Journalists.
• Currie, T. (Primary author) (2010, June 7). Guidelines For Re-Tweeting or Re-Posting Information Found In Social Media. Canadian Association of Journalists.

Book Reviews

• Currie, T. (2014, Oct. 22). Book review: Tell Everyone: Why We Share & Why It Matters. J-Source

Awards:

• 2012, August: Winner of the American Copy Editors Society inaugural ACES Award for Research on Editing

Master’s Project:

• Currie, T. (2006, Sept. 12). Online news: A survey of instructional methods. Unpublished master’s project, University of Alberta, Edmonton.