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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. Mary McGuire

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

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 through a major news event. Mary McGuire

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

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

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. Mary McGuire

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

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. Mary McGuire

A collection of resources for anyone looking for thought-provoking television journalism from PBS. Mary McGuire

An article from Poynter Online about how one print reporter learned to write better, tighter and shorter from following the advice of radio reporters. Mary McGuire