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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.

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…

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…

The Director of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of British Columbia, Mary Lynn Young, is leaving her job to take on a new role at the University. Dr. Young…

Journalism educators may want to teach social media tools but often find it difficult given they are required to use clunky online systems for grading and communicating with students. In a post…

As universities everywhere focus on attracting and retaining students at a time when college-age populations are declining, they are not doing enough to ensure those students get a quality education, according to…

Professors who are perfectionists are less likely to produce and publish research, a new study concludes. “The more perfectionistic the professor, the less productive they are,” says a Dalhousie University psychology professor,…

Applications are now being accepted at King’s College for a new year-long Master’s program with two streams – one in investigative reporting and the other in entrepreneurial journalism.

“If we want to tell and share our stories,” writes Wayne MacPhail, “we should learn to use and master the devices more and more people are using to consume and create. If…

A recent Maclean’s article about Asian students at Canadian universities not only “fueled racial stereotypes” writes Minelle Mahtani, but it also revealed “a growing crisis in news and current affairs storytelling.”  The…