Greg Clark Award for young journalists now accepting applications
The Greg Clark Award presents a unique opportunity for young journalists who have been in the field for anywhere from one to five years to go behind the scenes in their field.
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Clickers in the Classroom
Classroom clickers: technology for technology’s sake or a helpful teaching tool? Bruce Gillespie, assistant professor in the journalism program at Wilfrid Laurier-Brantford, explains how using "clickers" in large journalism classes can be an effective tool for teaching and learning.
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A helpful list of web tools for journalists
Check out this list of helpful web tools for journalists and tutorials on how to use the most popular social networking tools for news — including Pinterest.
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Shambhala Sun Foundation is hiring for multiple publications
The Shambhala Sun Foundation, publisher of the top-selling spiritual magazines Shambhala Sun and Buddhadharma, is seeking applicants for various editorial and publishing positions.
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J-Source’s exclusive interview with Digital First Media CEO John Paton
Our associate editor, Belinda Alzner, sat down with Digital First Media CEO John Paton for an exclusive interview. The front-man of the second-largest newspaper company in the United States talks about his digital first strategy (where print comes last), on how Canadian newspapers are doing digitally (he's not impressed), and on how he has tried to change…
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Le reportage d’affaires publiques: voir grand, embrasser large
Par Chantal Francoeur Chacun sa méthode. Chacun sa façon de la décrire. Pour la cueillette, «tu plantes ton thermomètre et tu prends la température de la situation», explique un vétéran. Après, pour l’écriture? «Tu fais comme un sculpteur. Tu t’attaques à ton matériel comme si c’était une grosse pierre et tu tailles le bloc. Jusqu’à…
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Fact-checking Ezra Levant
Last Friday, Ezra Levant had two former Ryerson Journalism students on his show to talk about the school's liberal bias. Scaachi Koul responded with this editorial for the Ryerson Review of Journalism that shows that Levant might have got a few facts wrong.
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TMT looking for communications interns
Tiger Muay Thai and MMA is looking for photography, journalism, and media production grads to intern at its camp in Thailand.
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New media means new ways to cover climate change
Just because mainstream coverage of climate change is waning doesn’t mean people aren’t talking about it. Candis Callison, a UBC professor with an interest in climate change coverage, argues that new media presents new opportunities for covering a topic that has traditionally posed trouble for journalists because it neither bleeds, nor leads.
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Does Nova Scotia media leave rural issues by the wayside?
Big city media, small town issues: How does Nova Scotia’s media balance the two? It doesn’t, says Greg Wade. This story, from the latest issue of the King’s Journalism Review, looks at the few resources in rural Nova Scotia communities compared to those in Halifax.