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Podcast Night School

Various Locations (See Website)

Podcast Night School: a week of training for new and established podcasters to get the tools they need to level up. During Hot Docs Podcast Festival, attendees will vie for a chance to become Canada’s next big podcast.

$400

NEWZAPALOOZA XV

The Opera House 735 Queen St. E, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Newzapalooza is back again for the 15th year! The show is happening on Friday, November 1st, 2019 at The Opera House, 735 Queen St. E. Doors open at 7 pm, bands start hitting the stage at 8 pm. Proceeds go to the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada. Follow @Newzapalooza on Twitter or head to our…

$15 – $25

“How to be a Unicorn” with The Walrus’s Jessica Johnson, and “How to Ask for Mentorship,” with LinkedIn’s Diana Jackson

PC Cooking School 60 Carlton Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

CSME, the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors in collaboration with CAJ, the Canadian Association of Journalists, is proud to present a dual event, “How to Become a Unicorn,” with Jessica Johnson, Executive Editor and Creative Director at The Walrus, and Shauna Rempel, National Managing Editor – Social Media and Distribution at Global News. We’ll also…

$5 – $10

The McGill Tribune Journalism and Media Conference

Thomson House Restaurant/Bar/Cafe and Reception Hall 3650 McTavish St., Montreal, QC, Canada

The Fall 2019 Journalism and Media Conference brings journalists and media professionals to McGill for three nights of lectures and panels. Hosted by the Tribune Publication Society, the sixth annual edition offers interested students the opportunity to learn about the industry and its future, meet and network with professionals, and engage in conversations about journalism…

Hot Docs Podcast Festival

Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema 506 Bloor St W, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Writing Satire Workshop

Toronto Media Arts Centre 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto, ON, Canada

Want to write satirical news in the style of The Onion, The Beaverton or Walking Eagle News? In this workshop, recovering journalist Tim Fontaine will teach you how to write hilarious (or cringe-inducing) short articles and headlines that grab people's attention. maximum capacity: 12 3 hours of instruction Instructor: Tim Fontaine Tim Fontaine is the…

Free – $55

2019 Vancouver Podcast Festival

Vancouver Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Vancouver Podcast Festival (#VanPodFest) presented by DOXA highlights the power and potential of podcasting.

$20 – $215

How to get hired, with Erin Valois

Rogers Communication Centre 80 Gould Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Internship season is upon us, and we want to make sure your cover letters, resumes and CVs are in tip-top shape. Want to make sure your job application stands out compared to hundreds of others? The Eyeopener is bringing back Erin Valois. She is national director and digital editorial operations at Postmedia, who has been…

Free

BuzzFeed: From Listicles to Hard News

TMX Broadcast Centre The Exchange Tower, 130 King St. West, Canada

Hired as editor-in-chief in 2012, Ben Smith did for BuzzFeed—then best known for its lists, quizzes and viral videos—what few in the industry get to do: he built a news division from scratch. Although BuzzFeed’s entry into serious journalism was met with some skepticism, Smith grew its newsroom into a now-established force that has both…

$15

2019 Joseph Howe Symposium – Decoding the News

Alumni Hall in the New Academic Building, University of King's College 6350 Coburg Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

BuzzFeed media editor Craig Silverman is known internationally for his reporting on social platforms and media manipulation, and for debunking truly "fake news": the mis- and dis-information found at all levels of social media. In this year's Joseph Howe Symposium keynote, he'll weigh the successes and failures of social platforms in the 2019 federal election.…

free