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How Durham College is Indigenizing its broadcasting program

By Anna Augusto Rodrigues and Phil Raby What does reconciliation mean to me? This is a question we have reflected on since the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action were announced…
Student journalism can help save our news media ecosystem

By Errol Salamon for Policy Options While the idea of a journalism crisis isn’t new, the perpetuation of fake news during the 2016 US presidential election, arguably, has intensified the crisis and…
Duncan McCue works with Ryerson J-School on curriculum for covering Indigenous issues

By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Reporters working in Canadian newsrooms should receive diversity training just like police officers and health workers do says Duncan McCue, the newly appointed Rogers…
Patti Sonntag spearheads Canadian collaborative investigative journalism project

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Jane Gerster The first time Patti Sonntag tried to pitch a hands-on investigative class about resource extraction companies to Canadian journalism schools she…
Liveblog: Reconciliation and the Media

Our summary of a one-day conference in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
What 12 months as a Nieman fellow taught journalist Stephen Maher

By Stephen Maher In September, Joshua Benton, the director of the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University, gave a talk about trends in the media business to the incoming Nieman fellows, 23…
What the Gateway going digital means for campus media

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Come May, the only way you will be able to read The Gateway is by visiting its website or picking up its new monthly paper. The University…
Grammar guide: misplaced modifiers

Kids make nutritious snacks. Snappy headline? Case of cannibalism? Or, a misplaced modifier? A modifier is an adverb, adjective or phrase that, ideally, clarifies or adds detail to your sentence. But, put…
College of the North Atlantic moving journalism program to St. John’s

Amid declining enrolment numbers, the Stephenville, Nfld., program is moving to the province’s capital after 30 years.
Education Matters: Should j-schools teach advocacy journalism?

In an effort to combat declining enrollment, Concordia University is considering a graduate program aimed at training students to report for international NGOs. Education columnist Janice Tibbetts asks if that’s wise.