Students' Lounge
The relationship between media and First Nations peoples in Canada has not always been a positive one. And in many ways, two UBC students say they felt they were paying for the mistakes made by reporters who came before came. They reported on the secretive tradition of spirit dancing in B.C. and their final report aired on CBC The Early Edition in Vancouver. Rachel Bergen and Stephanie Kelly report.
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.
In a student essay, Western University journalism grad Katherine Starr explores what responsible journalism means to her.
Nearing his 45th anniversary at The CBC, Peter Mansbridge explains how he came to be a journalist.
Read the RRJ's highly-anticipated summer cover story on how The Globe and Mail handled the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal.
RRJ's editor Rhiannon Russell on what's in the final summer issue the student magazine will publish.
When the Ryerson Review of Journalism was initially writing its cover story on the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal, The Globe and Mail’s publisher Phillip Crawley told the team of student writers that “If the Ryerson Review publishes a piece about the Globe that is balanced and fair, that will be a first.” Taking it as a challenge, the students say they were acutely aware of the challenges of writing about one of Canada’s biggest journalism stories of 2012. You can read their defence of their coverage and the RRJ’s original story here on J-Source.
The Lance, the University of Windsor campus paper, received a temporary reprieve from the student government to print the final edition of the semester. The 85-year-old newspaper was ordered to end all its print productions immediately, following a decision made last Wednesday by the University of Windsor Student Alliance. But following student outcry and a Facebook campaign to save the newspaper, the board of directors has given the student newspaper until the end of the month to submit a new operating plan.
The University of Windsor Student Alliance has pulled the plug on the print publication of the campus paper The Lance. But following student outcry and a Facebook compaign to save the newspaper, the board of directors called an emergency open meeting Monday at 4:30 p.m.
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