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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 in 2015. As professors who teach media courses…

Continue Reading Student journalism can help save our news media ecosystem

Continue Reading Duncan McCue works with Ryerson J-School on curriculum for covering Indigenous issues

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 was met with enthusiastic but noncommittal…

Our summary of a one-day conference in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action.
Continue Reading Liveblog: Reconciliation and the Media

Continue Reading What 12 months as a Nieman fellow taught journalist Stephen Maher

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 of Alberta’s campus paper announced on Feb. 3…

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 it in the wrong place and you can…

Amid declining enrolment numbers, the Stephenville, Nfld., program is moving to the province’s capital after 30 years.
Continue Reading College of the North Atlantic moving journalism program to St. John’s

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.

Continue Reading Education Matters: Should j-schools teach advocacy journalism?