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Brought to you by J-Source: The top 27 books every j-student should read

After you're done checking out all the sites on our primer, take a break from the web, and get back into school-mode with a good book. We asked J-Source readers for their…
Carleton’s Rwanda Initiative ends

Carleton University's Rwanda journalism exchange is suspended after five years due to lack of funding. Carleton journalism graduates who went to Rwanda on the program share their disappointment with the news on…
Teaching journalism in an age when news comes to you

Centennial College journalist in residence Lynne Russell examines the difficulties of teaching the latest crop of j-students — many of whom believe their smart phones hold the keys to truth. This article…
J-schools and the digital age

A conference at the Unviersity of Maryland in October will bring journalism educators together to discuss how well they are adapting their programs to the changes happening in newsrooms and journalism.
Thumbs down

Some traditional critics would have you believe the Internet is an intellectual wasteland. Ryerson Review of Journalism writer Ava Baccari tells us why they are so wrong.
RRJ wins big

The Ryerson Review of Journalism won multiple awards at the recent annual Association for Education in Journalism Mass Communication's Student Magazine Contest. In addition to placing top in the single issue category,…
One j-student explains why she will no longer work for free

It's time for media companies to stop offering unpaid internships, says a journalism student, Bethany Horne. The only students who can afford to work for free the summer, she says, are those lucky enough…
War Torn

When foreign lands fall into chaos. In this memoir, Ryerson Review of Journalism reporter Vesna Plazacic asks why her younger self blamed Canadian media for failing to fully expose what happened during…
One journalist scorns the advice that j-students should “brand” themselves

Journalism students are often told these days that if they want to make it in today's tough job market, they need to "build their personal brand." One high profile journalist challenged that…
Echoes of a Proud Nation: full documentary

Reporting within a small community presents its own challenges, but media in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake face a much larger, longstanding conflict with neighbouring Francophone media. The community of 8,000 is…