Francine Pelletier wins Michener-Deacon fellowship for journalism education
Pelletier will use the fellowship to explore data journalism and how it can be taught to students at Concordia University in Montreal.
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Live blog: RTDNA National Conference
The sessions include a bear pit session with the top news executives in Canada to discuss the state of our industry, tips on using Google tools, taking video on the smartphone, social media storytelling and the challenges of reporting from the field with dwindling resources.
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What’s wrong with journalism education?
It's no secret that journalism is in flux. Layoffs, buyouts, shrinking budgets—this is the reality the industry faces today. So how can journalism schools prepare the journalists of the future? That was the subject of the Toward 2020: New Directions in Journalism Education conference at Ryerson University, in Toronto, on May 31.
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Education Matters: Should journalism schools take a stand on unpaid internships?
Journalism schools have long considered internships to be a vital part of the real-world experience that help students land paying media jobs after graduation. But should they stop posting advertisements for work without pay, which could be interpreted as giving tacit support?
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J-Source launches new education column by veteran political reporter and educator Janice Tibbetts
In Education Matters, Janice Tibbetts will examine the pressing issues relating to journalism education in Canada.
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Why some journalism grads no longer wait for a job offer
UBC journalism grad Jimmy Thomson and a close circle of friends launched Worst, a blog about media, entrepreneurship and millennials. They had access to writers, editors, photographers, illustrators, web designers and people with the business savvy to help keep them afloat, so why wait for a job offer?
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Canadian Association of Journalists Conference Day 2
J-Source will live blog the #CAJ14 conference. Today's sessions include a workshop on polling, covering mental health, media court challenges, a keynote speech by Melissa Fung, drone journalism, best practices for FOIs, and Twitter by Steve Ladurantaye.
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Canadian Association of Journalists conference Day 1
J-Source will live blog the annual CAJ conference. Today's panels include a keynote speech from Shawn Boburg, workshops on ethical journalism in the digital deluge, ethnic media and covering the homeless.
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Ask a Mentor: What are the essential tools for a journalist’s kitbag?
A Toronto student journalist asks what the essential tools are in a journalist’s bag. As Carl Meyer, foreign affairs reporter at Embassy Newspaper, writes, the tools range from must-have gadgets to the attitude and critical thinking you need to bring.
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John Stackhouse joins C.D. Howe Institute, Munk School
Former Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse has joined the C.D. Howe Institute, a public policy think tank, and the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs as a senior fellow.