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Back-to-School: Student resources edition

Between streeters, stand-ups and internships, journalism school can feel overwhelming at times. Angelina Irinici has compiled this list of resources for students that should help them navigate tricky assignments and grey-area ethical…
Five things I wish I knew before starting j-school

Welcome to j-school, new students of 2012 — you need not fear under-preparedness. In an effort to help new students start off on the right foot, J-Source’s summer reporter and fourth-year Ryerson…
How much do journalists make?

“I’m in it to find the truth/hold power to account/tell peoples’ stories — not for the money” will surely be the answer you get if you ask a journalist why he or…
Five questions for Kim Kierans on teaching journalists in the Philippines

Every summer for the last six years, Kim Kierans has travelled to the Philippines to teach working journalists new skills and help them develop old ones. Angelina Irinici finds out what unique…
Back to School: Instructors’ resources edition

J-Source has compiled this vast list of resources for journalism instructors to use in their classrooms this fall. We’ve broken it down into three categories: The Basics (reporting, writing, interviewing and ethics)…
Teaching resources for instructors: New Media

Looking for resources to use in the classroom to help you teach new and emerging trends in journalism? Here, Mary McGuire has curated a list of tools and resources for teaching the following: Blogging…
Teaching resources for instructors: Broadcast/visual journalism

Looking for resources to use in the classroom to help you teach broadcast and visual journalism? Here, Mary McGuire has curated a list of tools and resources for teaching the following: Photography Audio journalism…
Teaching resources for instructors: The Basics

Looking for resources to use in the classroom to help you teach the foundations of our craft? Here, Mary McGuire lays out a curated list of tools and resources for teaching the following…
Five questions for Sam Eifling on UBC-New York Times reporting on Brazil land claims

It’s a problem that has resulted in violence and bloodshed: Indigenous people in Brazil who exercise their right to return to ancestral land are finding that the land has been used for…
Journalists sans j-school

Glen McGregor, Stephen Maher, Kady O'Malley, Paul Wells and Chantal Hébert are all journalists who have contributed to Canadian journalism in a variety of ways. They are all also journalists who never…