Students' Lounge
Jan 06, 2009
- Posted by Laura
Stone
It's a question that hangs on the lips of every impending journalism school graduate (including this one): what's the outlook? The answer, according to
Joe Grimm, a visiting journalist at the Michigan State University
School of Journalism, is...
Jan 06, 2009
- Posted by Laura
Stone
Network. Pitch. Twitter. Read. Buy people lunch. This
two-part blog post comes from copy editor/ San Jose journalism student
Suzanne Yada, replete with resolutions for j-schoolers and beyond...
Dec 11, 2008
- Posted by Laura
Stone
What’s the best way to tell this story? It’s a question that all Journalists 2.0 should be asking themselves these days—according to Jim Sheppard, the day editor at The Globe and Mail. Sheppard stopped by Carleton University the other week...
Oct 08, 2008
- Posted by Laura
Stone
The Canadian Association of Journalists- an advocacy and education group representing some 1,500 journalists- is offering a special October rate for students. The $20 charge includes, in their words:
-cheap rates on CAJ conferences
-the chance to network with working journalists at chapter events
-a subscription to Media magazine
It's usually $30 per year, but if you join before Halloween you get the discounted price. Student members also get discounts on admission to the National Writers Symposium in Kelowna, B.C., on Oct. 18 and 19, and the national conference in Vancouver, on May 22-24.
-cheap rates on CAJ conferences
-the chance to network with working journalists at chapter events
-a subscription to Media magazine
It's usually $30 per year, but if you join before Halloween you get the discounted price. Student members also get discounts on admission to the National Writers Symposium in Kelowna, B.C., on Oct. 18 and 19, and the national conference in Vancouver, on May 22-24.
Sep 03, 2008
- Posted by Laura
Stone
Jay Rosen teaches journalism at NYU, and is a key figure in the American journalism blogosphere. His blog, PressThink, has recorded over two million visitors since 2007, and he also runs NewAssignment.net, an "open-source", civic journalism website. Really interesting stuff.
This post is about the need for explanation in journalism to preface information- not the other way around. He notes NPR's This American Life as running one of the most successful pieces of "explanatory" journalism, called The Giant Pool of Money, on the mortgage crisis in the U.S.
"Coming out of the program, I understood the complete scam: what happened, why it happened, and why I should care," writes Rosen.
Pretty straightforward. The way journalism should be?
This post is about the need for explanation in journalism to preface information- not the other way around. He notes NPR's This American Life as running one of the most successful pieces of "explanatory" journalism, called The Giant Pool of Money, on the mortgage crisis in the U.S.
"Coming out of the program, I understood the complete scam: what happened, why it happened, and why I should care," writes Rosen.
Pretty straightforward. The way journalism should be?
Sep 03, 2008
- Posted by Laura
Stone
Considering summer JUST officially ended, it may be early yet to start thinking about next summer's job.
Then again, maybe not.
A lot of internships begin asking for applications in the fall, and start interviewing before winter break. Although a clean application (read: no typos) is essential, it's really the interview that counts. Northwestern University's Medill journalism school has some great tips on what to say, how to act, and even what to wear on the big day.
Might want to start practicing now- then again, maybe not.
Then again, maybe not.
A lot of internships begin asking for applications in the fall, and start interviewing before winter break. Although a clean application (read: no typos) is essential, it's really the interview that counts. Northwestern University's Medill journalism school has some great tips on what to say, how to act, and even what to wear on the big day.
Might want to start practicing now- then again, maybe not.
Sep 02, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Start building your own personal store of essential journalist's and tools. Find practical resources for finding people, handling statistics, searching for photographs and dealing with many other journalistic quests.
Start building your own personal store of essential journalist's and tools. Find practical resources for finding people, handling statistics, searching for photographs and dealing with many other journalistic quests.
Sep 02, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
J-Source asked a whole slew of recent graduates for the single most important tip they'd give to students entering first-year and put together a selection of the best responses from five successful, working graduates of Canadian j-schools.
Sep 02, 2008
- Posted by Regan
Ray
Leading off our annual Back to J-School Edition, longtime Ryerson j-prof Don Gibb lays out ten tips to help students get the most out of first year and stay sane in the process. Plus, five working grads chime in with their best techniques for success.
Oct 17, 2007
- Posted by David
Hutton
Self-editing can be the most annoying and pointless step in the writing process if it is not done correctly. If you do it right, though, your editors will love you and your copy will glimmer like gold. It should get a little bit easier witheach story until you plateau and vainly assert that you no longer need to self edit. But you're wrong. Review these rules, from CUP, one more time.
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