Top 10 tips for getting through your first semester of j-school
So you’ve decided to go to j-school? Don’t worry—we’ll help you! Two former teaching assistants from Western University offer their advice for getting through it all.
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NDP buys front page of Halifax paper, much tut-tutting ensues
It’s not the first time that a commuter paper has sold its front page in the middle of an election campaign as a paid advertisement, writes Sun Media's national bureau chief David Akin.
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What j-students need to know about protecting anonymous sources
The courts’ inconsistency on the question of anonymous sources, coupled with the absence of so-called shield laws in Canada, raises the question of whether a journalist should ever grant source anonymity, writes J-Source’s law editor Thomas Rose.
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Back to school: Resources for journalism students
J-Source has compiled some great back-to-school resources to help students get back in the groove.
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Back to school: Why being a journalism student is like preparing for the gold rush
A recent Wilfrid Laurier University journalism grad advises students to learn all the hard skills they can while still in school, whether inside or outside of the classroom.
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Back to school: How to succeed at an internship in a city you’ve never been to before
Recent Ryerson grad Rhiannon Russell spent the summer working at the Telegraph-Journal in Saint John, New Brunswick, and shares some tips on surviving (and thriving) at an internship in a new city.
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Back to school: A growing number of colleges and universities now offer data journalism courses
With an increasing number governments at all levels putting data online, journalists who lack the tools to harness this information and make enough sense of it to tell stories will be left playing catch up to those who possess the necessary skills. As J-Source's ideas editor David McKie writes, journalism schools are now hopping on…
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Back to school: How to crowdsource a data journalism course
Vancouver Sun investigative reporter and Kwantlen Polytechnic j-school instructor Chad Skelton explains how he crowdsourced the syllabus and handouts for his new data journalism course.
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Back to school: Do students need a journalism degree? An examination of journalism education as an industry transforms
One might deduce that the debate over the future of journalism education is related to speculation about the future of the industry. But in fact, the debate been going on since journalism was introduced as an academic discipline in postsecondary institutions.
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Lanceurs d’alerte à leurs risques et périls
Manning, Snowden, Assange… traitres ou héros? Chacun a sa petite idée là-dessus. Mais lanceurs d’alerte, personne ne le conteste. CBC Radio one lance une série sur ces hommes et ces femmes, qui au nom de la vérité et de l’intérêt public, décident de porter à la connaissance du public, souvent contre l’avis de leur hiérarchie,…