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…
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.
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.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation is now accepting applications for the CFI Emerging Science Journalists Award. Winners receive funding for an in-depth story they've pitched.
One young journalist realizes that though jobs may be scarce, opportunities are everywhere.
Briarpatch is pleased to announce our first annual creative writing contest! We are now accepting submissions of original, unpublished writing in the categories of short fiction and creative non-fiction (memoir, personal essay, literary journalism). With award-winning author Lee Maracle as our judge and $600 in cash prizes to give away, this opportunity is not to…