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Holding their administration to account: Concordia student journalists bent on investigations
As Eric Mark Do explains, when Concordia University’s student newspaper, The Link, makes shocking revelations through investigative work, the impact spreads past campus borders and into the community at large.
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A look inside the Ryerson Review of Journalism’s 30th anniversary issue
Stephanie Maris is the editor of the Winter 2013 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Here, she talks about what it was like heading the masthead of an esteemed student-published journalism magazine, what…
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Google Journalism Fellowship Applications Now Open
Applications are now open for Google's 10-week journalism fellowships for the summer of 2013.
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Journalism school in Canada and Australia: Q&A with j-exchange student Lauren Waldhuter
Lauren Waldhuter is a journalism student at the University of South Australia who just completed a semester-long exchange at Ryerson University. Here she talks to Eric Mark Do about the experience and some of…
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Lessons from a j-student: ‘We, as journalists, are all in this together’
As j-school students we know our future jobs as journalists carry risks, both physical and emotional. Katie Starr explains after a recent Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma workshop, you don’t need…
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Create and share audio clips the free and easy way
Using audio to tell a story is a great device for journalists. Here are some ways to use SoundCloud to do that and more.
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Upcoming journalism job/internship program deadlines
Application deadlines are looming for a number of job and internship programs at major media organizations across the country. Eric Mark Do has rounded up some of them here.
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Student news recognized by Canadian Online Publishing Awards
Student news organizations were among the winners at this year’s Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
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Students among leaders in coverage of Halifax municipal election
What happens when two journalism programs team up in an election year? In the case of HRMVotes.ca, as Eric Mark Do found out, the result was student coverage of a municipal election that arguably rivaled…
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Q&A with CUP president Sam Brooks
Canadian University Press president Sam Brooks spoke with Eric Mark Do about the student press’ unique editorial voice, the Francophone representation in CUP and why its member papers find themselves facing the same challenges…