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Co-chercheure
colette.brin@com.ulaval.ca

Département d’information et de communication
Université Laval

T : (418) 656-2131, 6736

Colette Brin est professeure titulaire au Département d’information et de communication de l’Université Laval, à Québec. Elle détient un doctorat en science politique de l’Université Laval. Mme Brin collabore également au Centre d’études sur les médias et à la Chaire de journalisme scientifique de l’Université Laval.

Ses travaux actuels s’articulent autour des transformations récentes et en cours des pratiques journalistiques, notamment par l’entremise des politiques publiques et des initiatives organisationnelles en tant que mécanismes de régulation, ainsi que sur le discours professionnel des journalistes.

Colette Brin est membre de l’équipe de direction et du comité éditorial de ProjetJ (http://www.projetj.ca), observatoire indépendant du journalisme financé par la Fondation canadienne pour le journalisme.

Elle est également présidente de l’Association canadienne de communication et anime un blogue intitulé « Mieux s’informer à l’heure du numérique », pour le magazine Contact à l’Université Laval (http://www.blogues.ulaval.ca).

Projets en cours :
1. La vérification journalistique comme règle professionnelle (CRSH 2010-2013, Chercheure principale : Colette Brin)
Brin, Colette et Ivor Shapiro (2012), Accuracy as a norm of compromise: how journalists conceptualize and practice the ideal of verification. 1st International Conference on Journalism Studies: Identity, changes and challenges of the profession in the 21st Century. Santiago (Chili), juin .

Bédard-Brûlé, Isabelle, Kasia Mychajlowycz, Colette Brin et Ivor Shapiro (2011), Discours et pratiques de vérification chez les journalistes primés. Actes de colloque de la section Journalisme de l’Association canadienne de communication.  En ligne: http://cca.kingsjournalism.com/?p=121.

Shapiro, Ivor et Colette Brin (2010), "The essence of journalism is a discipline of verification…" or is it? A preliminary report on quantitative content analysis as an approach to identifying journalists' practices in assuring accuracy. Colloque de l’Association canadienne de communication, Université Concordia, juin.

2. La convergence et la diversité de l’information dans les médias canadiens (CRSH 2006-2010, chercheur principal : Walter Soderlund, University of Windsor)

Soderlund, Walter, Colette Brin, Lydia Miljan et Kai Hildebrandt (2012), Cross-Media Ownership & Democratic Practice in Canada. University of Alberta Press.

Brin, Colette et Walter Soderlund (2010), Innovating in a crisis: Canadian media actors assess the state of convergence. Canadian Journal of Communication 35 (4): 575-583. Résumé disponible en ligne : http://cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/2380.

Soderlund, W., C. Brin, L. Miljan et K. Hildebrandt (2009), « The Impact of Cross-Ownership on Media Content: CTVglobemedia, Canwest Global, and Quebecor », Congrès de l’Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, San Diego, novembre.

Brin, C. et W. Soderlund (2008), « News from Two Solitudes : Examining Media Convergence Practices in Quebec and Canada », Communication présentée dans le cadre du congrès conjoint de l’American Council for Quebec Studies et de l’Association for Canadian Studies in the United States Québec, novembre.

Brin, Colette (2008), « Ownership convergence and content diversity : Paired analysis of French TV and print news in Montreal », Colloque de l’Association canadienne de communication, UBC, Vancouver, mai.

Soderlund, W., K. Hildebrandt et C. Brin (2006), « Assessing the Impact of Canadian Media Ownership Convergence on Content Diversity », Congrès de la Western Social Science Association, Phoenix, Arizona, avril.

Soderlund, W., K. Hildebrandt et C. Brin (2005), « Media ownership in Canada : How much is too much? », Congrès de l’Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, St. Louis, novembre.

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Colette Brin, Professor at the Information and Communication Department at Université Laval, in Québec City, holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Université Laval. Dr. Brin also collaborates with the Media Studies Centre and Science Journalism Chair, both at Université Laval.

Her current research focuses on recent and ongoing changes in journalism practices, especially their regulation through public policy and organizational initiatives, as well as journalists’ professional discourse.

Dr. Brin sits on the management and editorial committees of ProjetJ, an independent source of news and analysis on journalism (http://www.projetj.ca) supported by the Canadian Journalism Foundation.

She is also the current President of the Canadian Communication Association and blogs on journalism and the digital media environment at Laval’s alumni magazine, Contact (http://www.blogues.ulaval.ca).

Ongoing research :
1. Journalistic verification as rule of practice (SSHRC 2010-2013, Lead Investigator : Colette Brin)
Brin, Colette and Ivor Shapiro (2012), Accuracy as a norm of compromise: how journalists conceptualize and practice the ideal of verification. 1st International Conference on Journalism Studies: Identity, changes and challenges of the profession in the 21st Century. Santiago (Chile), June.

Bédard-Brûlé, Isabelle, Kasia Mychajlowycz, Colette Brin and Ivor Shapiro (2011), Discours et pratiques de vérification chez les journalistes primés. Conference proceedings of the Journalism Interest Group, Canadian Communication Association. http://cca.kingsjournalism.com/?p=121

Shapiro, Ivor et Colette Brin (2010), "The essence of journalism is a discipline of verification…" or is it? A preliminary report on quantitative content analysis as an approach to identifying journalists' practices in assuring accuracy. Canadian Communication Association conference, Concordia University, June.

2. The Impact of Convergence in Canadian National News Media. (SSHRC 2006-2010, Lead Investigator  Walter Soderlund, University of Windsor)
Soderlund, Walter, Colette Brin, Lydia Miljan et Kai Hildebrandt (2012), Cross-Media Ownership & Democratic Practice in Canada. University of Alberta Press.

Brin, Colette et Walter Soderlund (2010), Innovating in a crisis: Canadian media actors assess the state of convergence. Canadian Journal of Communication 35 (4): 575-583. Résumé disponible en ligne : http://cjc-online.ca/index.php/journal/article/view/2380

Soderlund, W., C. Brin, L. Miljan and K. Hildebrandt (2009), « The Impact of Cross-Ownership on Media Content: CTVglobemedia, Canwest Global, and Quebecor », Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, San Diego, November.

Brin, C. and W. Soderlund (2008), « News from Two Solitudes : Examining Media Convergence Practices in Quebec and Canada », Joint Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States and the American Council for Québec Studies, Quebec City, November.

Brin, Colette (2008), « Ownership convergence and content diversity : Paired analysis of French TV and print news in Montreal », Conference of the Canadian Communication Assocation, UBC, Vancouver, May.

Soderlund, W., K. Hildebrandt ans C. Brin (2006), « Assessing the Impact of Canadian Media Ownership Convergence on Content Diversity », Conference of the Western Social Science Association, Phoenix, Arizona, April.

Soderlund, W., K. Hildebrandt et C. Brin (2005), « Media ownership in Canada : How much is too much? », Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, St. Louis, November.