Category / Teaching Aids
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Newsana looking for a community intern (unpaid)
See the updated internship listing here. There’s simply too much content out there. Ask anyone, and they’ll probably tell you that they’re tired of sifting through it all to find the good…
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Letter to the editor: Three things that don’t stand up in Basen’s column on journalists and public relations
By Paul Knox Readers will make up their own minds about Ira Basen’s contention that all journalists should study public relations. But here are three things in Basen’s recent J-Source piece that…
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Windsor U student newspaper will cut 5 positions, reduce staff salaries
The Lance will be cutting at least five staff positions and will reduce the salaries of remaining staff following a new budget approved by the University of Windsor Student Alliance last week.…
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Opinion: Why all journalists should study public relations
Most journalism schools don’t like to talk to their students about public relations. They teach them nothing about PR history, theory, ethics and practice. It’s as if they believe that by teaching…
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Copy editors: an endangered species?
With ad dollars falling, newspapers have responded by cutting desk staff. In an era when the Toronto Sun misspells "Correction" in a correction column, is there any hope for a revival of good copyediting…
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J-Source live blog of CAJ Conference Day 3
Follow along the sessions on the last day of the CAJ conference.
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Western University accepting applications for CanWest Global Fellowship in Media
Western University is accepting applications for the CanWest Global Fellowship in Media Deadline: July 1, 2013 or until position is filled. The Fellow will promote public discussion on the nature of Canadian…
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Student internship opportunities shrinking across the country
With many students beginning their summer internships this week, J-Source takes a look at their job prospects. An internship is often the golden ticket to scoring a job in journalism. But with…
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What does responsible journalism mean in today’s fast-paced newsworld?
In a student essay, Western University journalism grad Katherine Starr explores what responsible journalism means to her.