Education

Challenges and perspectives of Indigenous students in Canadian journalism programs Continue Reading Creating welcoming spaces: Indigenous journalism students’ perspectives on programming and representation

How exploring community, revenue and precarity can fit into j-school courses Continue Reading Three journalism education lessons from Canada’s first Future of Independent Media Summit

An activity for educators and practicing journalists combines inclusivity and purpose Continue Reading Writing your own ‘Journalism Manifesto’ can be a powerful way to ground your practice on solid foundations

Tyler W. S. Nagel identifies a new role for the public library: a knowledge base of community media information, and a new collaboration between libraries and library workers Continue Reading Knowing their news: Library workers as informants to journalism studies research

Modules include interviewing children, covering vulnerable communities and how to protect workers’ mental health Continue Reading Online toolkit will aid newsrooms, j-schools navigate trauma

The Climate Disaster Project is challenging the rules of traditional journalism to focus on the human toll of climate change Continue Reading Amplifying the stories of survivors of climate-related disasters

The free, online guide developed by Informed Opinions includes short lessons on intersectionality, trauma-informed reporting and reporting on people in situations of vulnerability  Continue Reading New resource delivers practical tools for reporting through a gender lens 

Led by five journalists, the University of Toronto course focuses on challenging eurocentric narratives in Canadian media  Continue Reading New online course teaches lessons on decolonizing journalism

Involving post-secondary students in petitioning civic organizations to recognize World Press Freedom Day drives home the importance of journalism for democracy. Continue Reading Classrooms advocate for press freedom

Not talking about the state of the industry is not an option for journalism educators. But how should they do it? Continue Reading Journalism students see an industry in crisis. It’s time to talk about it

Accepting the scientific consensus, incorporating lived experiences and including traditional knowledge in climate-related stories can reinvigorate climate reporting and better serve audiences
Continue Reading What emerging journalists need to know about covering the climate crisis

Journalism schools still need to balance technical and critical-thinking skills and require broader study topics to prepare students for the complexity of issues they will go on to report Continue Reading Why journalism education needs the humanities