J-Schools and Programs
With many students beginning their summer internships this week, J-Source takes a look at their job prospects. An internship is often the golden ticket to scoring a job in journalism. But with media outlets across the country laying off staff, are there still jobs to be had for interns? And will the unions allow the relatively cheaper labour to replace staffers? Joshua Rapp Learn reports.
If you want to be a journalist, there's no single, clear path to land a job in a newsroom. Some journalists never study journalism. Those who do, must choose from a wide and growing array of courses, programs, internships, and degrees to try to reach their goal.
The University of King’s College has announced it will launch a Master of Fine Arts in creative non-fiction in partnership with Dalhousie University in August 2013.
Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication is settling into a new home this fall after moving out of St. Pat's — the building it called home for more than 25 years. Mary McGuire gives us a peek inside the school’s new digs.
With the launch Trent University and Loyalist College’s new joint degree journalism program comes the inevitable question: In the current economic environment and difficult job market, does Canada need another j-school? In talking to people behind the new program as well as experts and those who have recently launched programs of their own, Angelina Irinici takes a look at the timing and the value of the Trent-Loyalist program.
The journalism program at Cambrian College was among nine programs cut Thursday night, as the board of governors approved a recommendation to suspend them.
If you are interested in enrolling in a journalism program at any of Canada's universities or colleges, it's time to get your resumes, applications and portfolios together. The deadlines for applications are fast approaching.
You can't cultivate strong specialty journalism by using a general j-school curriculum. Rather, you must teach the specialists the art of journalism. The University of Toronto's new certificate program looks to do just that. J-Source has been following the story from its planning stages, to the announcement and now, Robert Steiner, director of the journalism lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, explains why this program needed to be different and what students can expect to get out of it.
Applications are now being accepted for the latest addition to the list of post-graduate journalism programs in Canada. The University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs says this new program will train subject specialists to be "super-freelancers."
J-Schools and Programs
edited by MARY McGUIRE
Studying journalism is an increasingly popular option for many high school students in Canada. Inside this section you will find links to a wide variety of post-secondary journalism programs at colleges and universities across the country. Mary McGuire is a former reporter and producer for CBC Radio News on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. She currently teaches journalism at Carleton University.
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