Luckily, for those of us not fortunate enough to be at Cardiff's Future of Journalism conference in the U.K., UBC professor Alfred Hermida made the trip (he's presenting a paper) — and kindly let J-Source reprint his blog post on Emily Bell's keynote. As it turns out, Bell, who is director of the Tow Centre…
Recent Carleton grad Thandi Fletcher has been awarded the 2011 Michelle Lang Fellowship in Journalism.
New York et Washington grouillent cette semaine de reporters venus du monde entier afin de prendre le pouls des États-Unis, dix ans après les attentats du 11 septembre 2001. La Fédération internationale des journalistes (FIJ) en profite pour faire le point sur l'impact de ses événements sur la profession. Elle estime que les journalistes et…
Two giants of Canadian journalism have joined Global News. Tom Clark is set to host Global's new political program, The West Block, which aims to facilitate commentary and act as an intermediary in the conversation between viewers and government. Patrick Brown, this year's winner of the Canadian Journalism Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, will also join…
When Stephen Harper appointed Toronto Star columnist and Corriere Canadese editor Angelo Persichilli as his new director of communications last week, many politicians, journalists, and regular joes and janes were surprised. As Jane Taber writes in The Globe and Mail, “Angelo Persichilli does not fit the Harper mould.” A round-up of the reaction.
To celebrate our new partnership with the Langara Journalism Review, an all-journalism publication from B.C.-based Langara College's j-program, we're featuring the 2011 cover story on photojournalist Andy Clark. Clark may say he's just another schmuck with a camera, but as Langara writer Leasa Hachey writes, he also gets the shot nobody else does. Read on…
J-Source's new Ideas section editor David McKie introduces himself, plus gives you a preview of what you can expect from Media magazine's upcoming issue, a Canadian Association of Journalist's publication, and a J-Source content-sharing partner.
After you're done checking out all the sites on our primer, take a break from the web, and get back into school-mode with a good book. We asked J-Source readers for their picks then added a few of our own. You'll find some old staples on the list, some new, and, even better, some Canadian.…
School's here and summer's lazy days are behind us: it's time to get back to work. We present the updated j-net primer: In addition to all the great j-news you'll find on J-Source, you'll also want to check these sites for the skinny on hot-button issues, ethical dilemmas, and insights into great journalism.
[node:ad] As j-students head into the classroom, you can expect our Students’ Lounge to start buzzing. The campus press will also spring to life over the next few weeks. Students provide an important voice to the profession, like this student’s call to end complacent reporting. For students, J-Source is an invaluable tip sheet. But we…