Students' Lounge
Using audio to tell a story is a great device for journalists. Here are some ways to use SoundCloud to do that and more.
Application deadlines are looming for a number of job and internship programs at major media organizations across the country. Eric Mark Do has rounded up some of them here.
Student news organizations were among the winners at this year’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
What happens when two journalism programs team up in an election year? In the case of HRMVotes.ca, as Eric Mark Do found out, the result was student coverage of a municipal election that arguably rivaled some established media in terms of reach and impact.
Canadian University Press president Sam Brooks spoke with Eric Mark Do about the student press’ unique editorial voice, the Francophone representation in CUP and why its member papers find themselves facing the same challenges as newspapers across North America.
Media sponsorships can earn money and raise a news organization’s brand profile. But do they compromise the news? Anne Watson tackles this question in the latest issue of the Langara Journalism Review.
From jobs to resources to up-to-the-minute reporting from a wide range of beats, these 101+ Canadian Twitter accounts will give journalism students a good starting point of who to follow. Inspired by Journalism.co.uk’s recent who-to-follow directory, Belinda Alzner and Mary McGuire have curated this list – with the help of your suggestions. (With a bonus 20+ accounts from outside Canada that are also worth following.)
While journalists from around the world descended on San Francisco a few weeks ago to discuss the challenges facing journalism at the Online News Association’s annual conference, student journalists covered the event from the ONA’s Student Newsroom. Kelsey Rolfe — the lone Canadian student —shares her experience, describes the tools she used to get the stories, and talks about the most important lessons she learned.
How does a magazine cover get built? Sportsnet magazine editor-in-chief Steve Maich and art director Steve Hodgson discuss the process that they went through in deciding on the cover photo for a recent cover of the bi-weekly sports magazine.
The Online Education Database recently published 100 Indispensable Twitter Tips for Journalism Students. As it states, "there's no avoiding Twitter when it comes to modern journalism," and this list helps j-students use Twitter right.
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