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Understaffing, poor pay undermining student journalism

Burnout common as student editors and reporters struggle to manage school, paid work and journalism jobs that can be more than full time Continue Reading Understaffing, poor pay undermining student journalism
Applications are open for the 2022 Media Girlfriends student scholarships

Entries due April 30 Continue Reading Applications are open for the 2022 Media Girlfriends student scholarships
Pushing past the empty rhetoric: The Canadian Mountain Podcast and its approach to land acknowledgments

What bridging knowledge systems and open collaboration taught us about bringing place-based meaning to digital and broadcast media production Continue Reading Pushing past the empty rhetoric: The Canadian Mountain Podcast and its approach to land acknowledgments
How tracking can improve gender representation in sourcing from j-school to the newsroom

So far, focused, sustained attention on diversity in sourcing leads to results. Continue Reading How tracking can improve gender representation in sourcing from j-school to the newsroom
Meet the high school journalists who kept publishing in a pandemic

Ontario students on making sure the campus presses kept rolling, bringing youth voices to community journalism and striking out on their own Continue Reading Meet the high school journalists who kept publishing in a pandemic
Missing voices

Highly skilled reporters from across the world exiled in Canada rarely find employment in the country’s newsrooms. The RRJ’s Neha Chollangi on the rich journalistic experience that media organizations lose when they don’t carve out space for newcomers’ expertise Continue Reading Missing voices
The only campus watchdog

The Varsity is Canada’s only university newspaper with a public editor Continue Reading The only campus watchdog
In times of protest and pandemic, queer journalism is vital

The RRJ’s Sean Young reports on new editorial directions at Xtra, while the publication reacts to a pandemic and police brutality protests in ways only queer community journalism can Continue Reading In times of protest and pandemic, queer journalism is vital
What does the past, present and future look like in unprecedented times?

The RRJ’s 2020 editor on what a print magazine on the state of journalism conceived pre-COVID can still tell us about how to move forward Continue Reading What does the past, present and future look like in unprecedented times?
Campus papers remain determined to serve their audiences

University publications across the country use unique techniques and perspectives to grapple with the multi-layered challenges student reporters face in wake of COVID-19 Continue Reading Campus papers remain determined to serve their audiences