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Did you miss any of our back-to-school coverage? No worries — Belinda Alzner has rounded up all of the resources J-Source put together for instructors and students this fall to help everyone have a successful school year.
In a follow-up to our piece about how much journalists earn at a number of mainstream media companies, Nicole Cohen takes a look at wages for freelance journalists, for whom the picture is not so rosy. She explains how the money breaks down and what initiatives are being taken in a sector of the industry where wages have been stagnant since the 1980s.
Want to go beyond merely surviving j-school to totally owning it? Belinda Alzner hosted a live chat with senior-level j-students and recent grads, where they gave their advice on how to get the most out of j-school. Check out the transcript to see their tips and tricks.
Are you ready for another school year? Get rid of summer’s mental dust bunnies, sharpen your virtual pencils and take J-Source’s third annual back-to-school J-Quiz (Hint: You can prepare by reading our handy guide to the summer’s biggest j-stories.)
Between streeters, stand-ups and internships, journalism school can feel overwhelming at times. Angelina Irinici has compiled this list of resources for students that should help them navigate tricky assignments and grey-area ethical situations.
Welcome to j-school, new students of 2012 — you need not fear under-preparedness. In an effort to help new students start off on the right foot, J-Source’s summer reporter and fourth-year Ryerson journalism student Angelina Irinici recalls the five things she wishes someone had told her before she started journalism school.
“I’m in it to find the truth/hold power to account/tell peoples’ stories — not for the money” will surely be the answer you get if you ask a journalist why he or she is in the industry. But realistically, how much can a journalist expect to make throughout his or her career? Angelina Irinici and Belinda Alzner found the numbers for a number of mainstream media organizations.
Summer brings with it a whole slew of distractions, but now that September is just around the corner, it’s time to catch up on the things you may have missed. Belinda Alzner rounds up some of the biggest stories about the Canadian journalism industry that were talked about on J-Source this summer.
J-Source education editor Mary McGuire has compiled this vast list of resources for journalism instructors to use in their classrooms this fall. We’ve broken it down into three categories:
- The Basics (reporting, writing, interviewing and ethics)
- Broadcast/Visual Journalism (audio, video and photography)
- New Media (social media, blogging, data visualization and multimedia storytelling)
Sharpen your virtual pencils -- and your wits -- then take our back-to-school journalism prep test to see how you fare. Answers provided in our handy primer.
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