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J-Schools Canada launches scholarly journal
Why unpaid internships are at odds with the goal of a more equitable, diverse media industry

J-school umbrella group studying the issue across Canada, to issue recommendations this fall
Share your fact-checking experiences with the Truth in Journalism Project

Reporters' and sources' input will help inform creation of verification manual for longform journalism
How COVID-19 has expanded journalism education toolkits

After almost two years doing and teaching journalism at a distance, safety planning is preparing j-school students for not just a pandemic, but also a career in news
Apply for the Jack Webster Foundation student journalism awards

Entries open until Oct. 3
B.C. students draft legislation to protect high school press freedom

After multiple censorship attempts, school paper members launch Student Press Freedom Act campaign to ensure constitutional rights to free expression upheld
Drug policy and addiction media kit gives newsrooms a resource for better coverage of drug use

Avoid stigmatizing narratives, consult credible sources and use language that reflects people’s lived experiences, say experts
Community podcast initiative coming to Calgary

Mount Royal University hub will build technical skills, distribute content and foster scholarship on the medium
Meet the high school journalists who kept publishing in a pandemic

Ontario students on making sure the campus presses kept rolling, bringing youth voices to community journalism and striking out on their own
J-schools lag behind in teaching prized data journalism skills

Professors tend to believe their students don’t want to do math. As a result, more frequently used tools like social media are emphasized, leaving new reporters behind on complex analysis tasks valued (if underutilized) by newsrooms