Angela Misri

Angela Misri is a Toronto journalist and novelist who worked at the CBC for 14 years before becoming the Digital Director for The Walrus. She is currently an Assistant Professor at Toronto Metropolitan University and a co-director for the Local News Research project, with a focus on research related to AI and news practice. Misri also runs the newsroom for the student masthead in the School of Journalism at TMU -- teaching the next generation how to report on their communities. She writes for many different media groups including the Globe and Mail, CBC, The Walrus, Global TV, and is the author of seven fiction novels.

• AI and journalism
• The ethics of using AI to create journalism
• AI and podcasting
• AI and local news

• Misri, A., Blanchett, N., & Lindgren, A. (2025). “There’s a Rule Book in my Head”: Journalism Ethics Meet A.I. in the Newsroom. Digital Journalism, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/21670811.2025.2495693
• Misri, A. (2024). Poisoning an already poisoned well. AI & Society. doi.org/10.1007/s00146-024-01876-5
• Misri, A. (2023). Newsroom Notes. Facts and Frictions: Emerging Debates, Pedagogies and Practices in Journalism Education, 3 (1), 135-138. doi: 10.22215/ff/v3.i1.15

• Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence (TMU) Distinction (2025)
• Seven Digital Publishing Awards, most recently for a General Excellence award for thewalrus.ca and Best Digital Editorial Package for the series Sex Ed Beyond The Classroom/The Walrus
• Canadian Online Publishing (silver) award for best COVID-19 coverage
• Four RTNDA awards for online documentaries
• CBC President’s Award for rebuild of cbc.ca/radio main site and all /radio pages
• Prix Italia for CBC4kids website
• 2021 Hackmatack Award for Children’s Fiction for Pickles vs the Zombies

• "There's a Rule Book in my Head": Journalism Ethics Meet A.I. in the Newsroom - Digital Journalism. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2025.2495693#abstract (external link) 
• Write Privilege — why don’t people understand the limits of freedom of speech? https://globalnews.ca/news/7607603/social-media-free-speech-limits/ (external link) 
• The Rise of the Tech-Savvy Parent. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2025.2495693#abstract (external link) 
• Why I’m Embracing Grey Hair During COVID-19. https://www.readersdigest.ca/health/beauty/grey-hair-covid-19/ (external link) 
• This Is the Internet We Were Promised. https://thewalrus.ca/this-is-the-internet-we-were-promised/ (external link) 
• Forced Change: Pandemic Pedagogy And Journalism Education. https://factsandfrictions.ca/portfolio-item/forced-change-newsroom-notes/ (external link) 
• We Don’t Need Threads. We Need a Break. https://thewalrus.ca/threads-meta/ (external link) 
• The Next Chapter's mystery book panel recommend 9 novels to read this summer. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thenextchapter/the-next-chapter-s-mystery-book-panel-recommend-9-novels-to-read-this-summer-1.6879632 (external link) 
• Ask No Questions About Samosas. https://chatelaine.com/food/cookbooks/samosas-recipe-memoir/ (external link)