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Headline writing: how to make things go viral

For decades newspapers have employed journalists whose sole purpose was to write a beautiful headline. But in an increasingly online world, Education Editor Melanie Coulson says what you write is meaningless if it…
Ingram: What journalists must do when information is everywhere

Journalists need to embrace their changing role as a trusted curator and aggregator of news, Mathew Ingram said at a recent event in Ottawa. Education editor Melanie Coulson reports.
Behind-the-scenes: How UBC journalism students uncovered the roots of global illegal logging

Reporting from Russia, Indonesia and Cameroon, UBC journalism students covered the $30-billion global trade in illegal logging. Keith Rozendal explains some of the global journalism practices and perspectives he gained as a…
Multimedia journalism is like sex in junior high: Garcia

Education Editor Melanie Coulson reports on media consultant Mario Garcia's recent presentation to staff at the Ottawa Citizen, in which he said the next wave of storytelling should consider platforms from the…
Live blog: Journalism: How It’s Done, Where It’s Headed

New technologies and business practices are transforming the news media and their relationship to our society. With Ryerson's School of Journalism celebrating its 60th anniversary, its alumni will consider the pivotal choices…
Creative problem-solving key to Ryerson’s innovation workshop

Ryerson professor Joyce Smith writes about her innovation workshop at the university's journalism school, and how even if the project fails, a student who experiments can succeed.
Back to school: What if you don’t land a job in a newsroom? There’s still hope (and it’s not just PR)

Despite the state of the journalism industry with layoffs, buyouts and dwindling ad sales, there is still hope for finding work after graduation. J-Source speaks with three journalism grads who applied the…
Back to school: Why being a journalism student is like preparing for the gold rush

A recent Wilfrid Laurier University journalism grad advises students to learn all the hard skills they can while still in school, whether inside or outside of the classroom.
Back to school: Do students need a journalism degree? An examination of journalism education as an industry transforms

One might deduce that the debate over the future of journalism education is related to speculation about the future of the industry. But in fact, the debate been going on since journalism…
Back to school: Loyalist-Trent journalism program unveils its massive new newsroom

Trent University and Loyalist College officially launched a news bureau Wednesday as part of a joint journalism program run by the two schools. Jane Harrison, director of special projects and former dean of Loyalist’s…