Aphrodite Salas

Biography

Aphrodite Salas is a journalist and professor at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, where her research focuses on mobile journalism, collaborative journalism with Indigenous communities and more specifically, the decolonization of journalism education. She is also part of the management team of Volt-age, a multi-year 123-million dollar electrification research project based at Concordia University. Her leadership role on Volt-age is centred on public policy and stakeholder engagement.

Her most recent work created exclusively with mobile journalism is called “Arctic Shift to Clean Energy.” The multimedia project shares a story of Inuit climate leadership and was screened at both the UN Climate Conference COP 27 and the UN Biodiversity Conference COP 15 alongside Indigenous partners. Aphrodite is also a research partner of the School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she has lectured at the Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy since 2020. 

A veteran journalist with decades of experience in news and feature reporting, Aphrodite started out producing short documentaries at the Reuters East Africa bureau in Nairobi. She subsequently spent most of her on-air career at CTV, Canada's largest privately owned network. Aphrodite has worked as a national correspondent, anchor, video journalist and assignment editor in small, medium, large and national markets and her industry honours include six RTDNA awards for excellence in news reporting. 

*on sabbatical for the academic year 2024-2025*

Summer 2024
SUST 601 - Perspectives on Sustainability

Previous Courses
JOUR 536 - Advanced Video Journalism 
JOUR 527 - Elements of Lighting for Visual Journalism
JOUR 511 - Introduction to Multimedia
JOUR 325 - Social Media & Mobile Reporting
JOUR 209 - Intermediate Multimedia
JOUR 207 - Introduction to Multimedia Journalism (video)
JOUR 207 - Introduction to Multimedia Journalism (photo)
JOUR 200 - Introduction to Broadcast Journalism

Political Science
POLI 368 - Media, Technology and Politics
POLI 498 - Advanced Topics: Media and Public Policy

Selected research-creation publications 

Salas, A., *Ann, V., *Caruso-Moro, L., *Quash, K., (2022, November 3). Arctic Shift to Clean Energy. Retrieved from: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/inukjuak. 

Multimedia publication including two documentaries, two text pieces, a photo gallery, video interviews with Indigenous Clean Energy collaborators and sidebar context pieces. *student co-authors

Salas, A., *Ann, V., *Beauchamp, L., *Caruso-Moro, L., Luft, A., *Ramnanan, M. & *Thomas, K., (2019, May 6). From Shore to Sky: a Reconciliation Story.

Retrieved from: https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/from-shore-to-sky-a-reconciliation-story. Multimedia publication including a short documentary, digital story map, photo galleries, video capsules and text. *student co-authors

Selected peer-reviewed and other publications 

Salas, A. (2023). “Getting their mojo back: A solutions approach for first-year journalism students.” Facts and Frictions: Emerging Debates, Pedagogies and Practices in Contemporary Journalism 3(1), 66-69. http://doi:10.22215/ff/v3.i1.06 

Dyer, J., Manning, K., Temple Newhook, J., Khosa, S., Salas, A., Davis, A., James, J., Pickett, S., & Pullen Sansfacon, A. (2023). “Media discourse in Canada on trans youth and parent advocacy.” Feminist Media Studies, DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2023.2279927            

Salas, A. (2020, July 16). What role can journalism schools play in reconciliation? Policy Options. 

Salas, A. & *Stevens, S. (2021). “Journalism education and Call to Action 86: Exploring conciliatory and collaborative methods of research-creation with Indigenous communities.” Facts & Frictions: Emerging Debates, Pedagogies and Practices in Contemporary Journalism 1 (1) 55-63. 63. http://doi.org/10.22215/ff/v1.i1.04 *student co-author

Selected Conferences

Salas, A. (April 2024). "How journalists tell big stories with smartphones." International Journalism Festival. Perugia, Italy.

Salas, A. (July 2023). "From Extractive to Collaborative Journalism: Building back from Trust Disorder." Global Media and Culture Conference. Thessaloniki, Greece. 

Salas, A. (May 2022). "Indigenous and Decolonial Epistemologies: Educational Partnerships and Call to Action 86." Canadian Communications Association Conference. Virtual Event. 

Salas, A. (April 2022). "TRC Call to Action 86, media and partnerships." Renewables in Remote Communities: UNDRIP and Indigenous rights for clean energy projects. Whitehorse, Canada. 

Salas, A. (October 2021). "From Fatigue to Academic Investment: Helping Students Re-Engage with Their Studies." Broadcast Education Association, "On-Location" Conference. Virtual Event. 

Salas, A. (August 2021). "Raising Awareness: Teaching Cultural Competencies, Diversity and Inclusion in the J-School Classroom." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Conference. Virtual Event.

Salas, A. (April 2021). "The Global Framing of the American Presidency - Post Trump." Broadcast Education Association Conference. Virtual Event.

Salas, A. (August 2020). "How the U.S. Presidential Election is Framed Around the World." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications Conference, Virtual Event. 

Salas, A. (April 2020). "Documenting Indigenous Clean Energy Initiatives Through Mobile Journalism: A Case Study in Canada's North." Broadcast Education Association Conference, virtual event. Panel title: "Media, Culture and Community: Enabling Voices on the Margins." Virtual Event.

Salas, A. (February 2020). "How Can Canadian News Organizations Better Engage with and Serve Indigenous Audiences?" Institute for Investigative Journalism, Montreal.

Salas, A. (August 2019). "How the U.S. Looks to the World in the Age of Trump." Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Toronto.

Salas, A. (July 2019). "Mobile Journalism: A Case Study in Northern Canada." 5th World Journalism Education Congress, Paris, France.  

Salas, A. (June 2019). "An Experiential Study on Teaching Remote Mobile Journalism (MOJO)." Canadian Communication Association Conference, Vancouver. 

Selected Screenings

Selected Invited Talks