If you are interested in enrolling in a journalism program at any of Canada's universities or colleges, it's time to get your resumes, applications and portfolios together. The deadlines for applications are fast approaching.
The Internet and social media are not only changing journalism, but the ways journalism is taught as well. From looking for sources on Twitter to aggregating stories to online portfolios, students are learning to be journalists in fresh and flexible new ways. Veteran reporter and online consultant A. Adam Glenn lists 2011’s top six trends…
Concordia journalism professor Ross Perigoe died from a brain tumor on Tuesday night. [node:ad]
Last summer, Marta Iwanek, Ashleigh Gaul and Samantha Anderson financed their own way to cover stories in the North for the Winter 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. Now, they’re reflecting on their time in Canada's north for J-Source.
You can't cultivate strong specialty journalism by using a general j-school curriculum. Rather, you must teach the specialists the art of journalism. The University of Toronto's new certificate program looks to do just that. J-Source has been following the story from its planning stages, to the announcement and now, Robert Steiner, director of the journalism lab at the Munk…
Across the globe this fall, protesters took to "occupying" spaces over what they felt were various social and financial injustices. But this package isn't about rehashing the demands of the "99%" — it's about taking a look at how journalism students across Canada joined — and at times, led — the discussion on the popular,…
With the holidays fast approaching, now's the time to add a DSLR camera or iPhone to your wishlist. Lesley Salvadori, news media technical coordinator at Ryerson University, recommends some technical tools that will aid you throughout your journalism career.
Requesting interviews over Twitter: embracing #modernity or a big #fauxpas? Dan Reimold, journalism professor at Tampa University, offers some tips for when you should and should not use Twitter to gather interview subjects.
Rhiannon Russell listened as Yemeni journalist, and the 2011 Canadian Journalists for Free Expression's International Press Freedom Award winner, Khaled al-Hammadi, spoke of his experiences reporting during the Arab Spring, and how he was kidnapped in 2005 over a story he published.
Hayden Kenez tuned in to NewsTalk 1010 last week only to hear Christie Blatchford tell the world he called her a douchebag. How one student journalist learned the hard way how damaging the media can be when they get the story wrong.