Category / Teaching Aids

This is a series of online exercises based on grammar, usage and AP style produced and updated regularly by two Americans, Ron Hartung of the Tallahassee Democrat and Gerald Grow, journalism professor at Florida A&M. Canadian journalism educators would have…

An advice column full of great information about language rules and grammar tips from the Columbia Journalism Review. The page is updated regularly and well-organized for finding specific rules and tips.…

Another documentary radio program on NPR, which prides itself on featuring stories that are the aural equivalent of photojournalism — ones that make creative and inventive use of sound for storytelling.…

A site for anyone looking for examples of geat radio storytelling from NPR.…

Two university professors in Minnesota are using a graphically-sophisticated computer game, produced by a Canadian gaming company, in which the students transform the medieval wizards and rogues into news editors, reporters, and other modern characters. They role play their way…

A select list of links from the Investigative Reporters and Editors to some of the best courses in computer-assisted and investigative reporting.…

An article, from the Poynter Institute, about how computer-assisted reporting enriches newspaper stories.…

More from the Online Journalism Review about launching online journalism courses at the university level, which includes interviews with Canadian as well as American instructors.…

A broad collection of links to a variety of university-level computer-assisted reporting courses.…

The Online Journalism Review published a list of resources for teaching online journalism in 2004, which includes a links to course syllabi, including Canadian ones.…