So, you want to teach journalism
This tipsheet from a journalist-turned-teacher acts as a great checklist for anyone making the transition from the newsroom to the classroom, covering everything from syllabus preparation to student management.
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Five steps to multimedia reporting
This site offers a series of tutorials for journalists who want to learn how to produce stories in the field using audio, video, photos and web design tools. The detailed instruction about shooting and editing video and audio make this site useful for broadcast instructors, too. This site is sponsored by The Western Knight Center…
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No Train No Gain: A library of resources for j-trainers
No Train, No Gain is a website initiated by a Freedom Forum report in 1993 in which newsroom trainers provide a huge range of resources for newsroom trainers which could be useful to journalism educators. The site offers training tips and handouts on everything from writing and editing, to numeracy and newsroom management.
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Online journalism awards
Each year the Online News Association and the USC Annenberg School for Communication issue awards in a wide range of categories honoring excellence in digital journalism. The link above provides a list of links to the the most recent finalists and winners. Elsewhere on the page, find links to the winners in previous years.
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Bourses étudiantes
Bourse des anciens étudiants en journalisme Cette bourse est offerte à l’appui de l’engagement de l’université envers la promotion sociale [et est] réservée aux Autochtones canadiens et aux Afro-canadiens seulement à leur première année d’études au programme de baccalauréat en journalisme. Bourse d’étude commémorative Gillis Purcell [Cette bourse à pour objectif de] promouvoir les études…
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The challenge facing journalism school deans
The University of Florida is thinking about the future of journalism education and its own program, as it seeks a new dean. The challenges it faces are the same as those faced by all journalism schools these days. What should future journalists be learning?
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Journalism education in Canada vs. the U.S.
A paper published in Journalism Studies in 2001 that argues there are striking similarities between the U.S. and Canadian systems of journalism education, as well as significant differences. Among the differences are the relatively stronger role of government in Canada; Canada’s greater emphasis on non-university education; greater curricular differentiation in U.S. programs; the type of…
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Teaching journalism via computer games
Two university professors in Minnesota are using a graphically-sophisticated computer game, produced by a Canadian gaming company, in which the students transform the medieval wizards and rogues into news editors, reporters, and other modern characters. They roleplay their way through a major news event.
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Notes from a teacher
Mark Hamilton is a former journalist and currently a journalism instructor in Vancouver, B.C.
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Teaching online journalism
This blog is by Mindy McAdams, the Knight chair in journalism technologies and the democratic process at the University of Florida, in Gainsville, and well-known online as a leading new media educator. It is a fabulous resource for anyone teaching online journalism, and is updated with almost daily.