About the Centre
The Centre for Journalism Experimentation prides itself as a hub of intellectual engagement with media by sociologists, journalism and communication scholars, historians, and literature specialists. We set a new path in 2024 to focus on innovation and experimentation.
Experiments for the future of journalism
Driven by an interest in the value of journalism to society, researchers at JEX experiment with diverse theoretical ideas and new approaches to journalism production.
Located in Montreal as part of Concordia University, JEX is a unique international research destination for bridging theory and experiential practice as journalism institutions re-configure to post-pandemic realities and the disrupted state of current media.
We are also interested in a wide range of multidisciplinary research and seek to help students develop their own research practice.
Our history
We have a rich history of research as one of the oldest research centres at Concordia University. Since 1975, we have sought to preserve and study the radio dramas from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including scripts from the dawn of radio in Canada in the 1920s.
Previously called the Concordia Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism Studies (CCBJS), we have studied the media and journalism since 1981.
Today, we are located on the Loyola campus of Concordia University.
Our research community
Research members of JEX are from across various academic departments and the library at Concordia. We also work with a diversity of students, external associates and collaborators, who help to make JEX a vibrant and growing centre to study, discuss, debate and improve our knowledge of the past, present and future of journalism.
JEX takes a multidisciplinary view of the questions, methods and intersections in this type of research, always seeking to collaborate with scholars who span different many fields of inquiry.
If you're interested in joining or collaboarating with JEX, please contact us and we'll repond shortly.