Carleton University's School of Journalism and Communication is settling into a new home this fall after moving out of St. Pat's — the building it called home for more than 25 years. Mary McGuire gives us a peek inside the school’s new digs.
Je réfléchis présentement à un projet un peu fou: la mise sur pied d’un organisme de soutien à l’innovation et au développement de bonnes pratiques en matière d’information. Les initiatives indépendantes pour promouvoir l’information de qualité bourgeonnent au Québec, parfois dans des lieux insoupçonnés. Dans les meilleurs des cas, elles servent de véritables laboratoires en…
In her final regular political column for The Ottawa Citizen, Susan Riley tries to define her political worldview. In a testament to how complicated such worldviews really are – how many journalists see themselves as any sort of capital-letter partisan? – Riley’s classification spans at least six paragraphs and culminates in no clear consensus. "I am…
For the first time in the newspaper’s history, The Winnipeg Free Press welcomed a guest editor to its pages. Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was at the helm of Free Press for Tuesday’s print edition.
La Fondation pour le journalisme canadien a annoncé son retrait comme bailleur de fonds principal du Canadian Journalism Project, organisme qui chapeaute les sites ProjetJ et J-Source, à partir de la fin 2013. Elle collaborera à développer un modèle de financement durable pour soutenir le projet.
Student news organizations were among the winners at this year’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
For the second year in a row, the Hamilton Spectator used statistics to show the relationship between income and health, specifically to pregnancy and births in Ontario this time. In this teaser for the upcoming issue of CAJ's Media magazine, Steve Buist tells how he and Teri Pecoskie reported their groundbreaking series.
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.
The Canadian Journalism Project is looking for new funding after The Canadian Journalism Foundation announced it will cease to be the primary funder of the Project beyond the end of 2013.
Ira Glass’ radio storytelling techniques challenge a news media world that is so full of dark stories. Rhiannon Russell writes about putting a face to the famous voice of This American Life at Toronto's Massey Hall.