As journalism students gear up for internship interviews, J-Source is hosting a live chat with hiring experts in four different newsrooms. Here's your opportunity to ask questions of Valerie Casselton, managing editor at the Vancouver Sun, Ruth Zowdu, executive producer of Radio Current Affairs at CBC Ottawa, Patricia Lonergan,managing editor of 11 Metroland community newspapers in…
As journalism students gear up for internship interviews, J-Source is hosting a live chat with hiring experts in four different newsrooms. Here's your opportunity to ask questions of Valerie Casselton, managing editor at the Vancouver Sun, Ruth Zowdu, executive producer of Radio Current Affairs at CBC Ottawa, Patricia Lonergan,managing editor of 11 Metroland community newspapers…
Internships vary, but the first rule of any internship — and especially of unpaid internships — is always the same: don’t end up making coffee, writes Ryerson student Mitchell Cohen. But he says, his coffee is special. And by the time he left his CBC Radio internship, everyone in the current affairs offices on the…
Several student newspapers have left the non-profit co-operative Canadian University Press and started an alternative called the National University Wire. Those who left say a combination of high membership fees and little-used or overlapping services were important factors behind their decision.
So you’ve decided to go to j-school? Don’t worry—we’ll help you! Two former teaching assistants from Western University offer their advice for getting through it all.
J-Source has compiled some great back-to-school resources to help students get back in the groove.
Canadian student newspapers have been hit hard by the same decline in print advertising that’s hurt many newspapers in recent years and that means big changes are coming this fall to how students will be able to access news and gossip on errant student unions, varsity sports and study drugs.
A group of journalism and media students working in Africa are devastated after thousands of dollars worth of equipment was stolen from them as they slept. The students (16 in total) were part of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication’s Media in Ghana program. Burglars took electronics and irreplaceable memories totaling $25,000…
Audio editing news pieces can be time-consuming, so a group has collaborated to create a mobile phone app — which is still being tested — to streamline the process “like Google Docs for audio.”
Newsana – a leading news/community startup – is looking for two rock star interns to help us redefine the news industry. Newsana is where people come to find the ideas that make the world go around. But, instead of boring old editors determining the content on Newsana, our community members are 100% in control. Passionate…