Archive
6 Sep

Creating Communities

Covering Communities is an interesting web site being run by a non-profit organization and a school of journalism as a way to promote journalism focusing on communities. The Hardwood Institute […]

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5 Sep

Media responsibility for 2000 U.S. presidential results

“Al Gore couldn’t believe his eyes: as the 2000 election heated up, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other top news outlets kept going after him, with misquotes […]

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5 Sep

Globe’s F&A source of internet hoax?

In the Globe & Mail‘s September 4 Facts & Arguments piece, Winnipeg English teacher Sharon Melnicer describes an assignment she gave her Grade 12 students in the late 1990s. The assignment was a “tandem […]

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4 Sep

From managing editor to madame

In 2004, Jody Paterson left her staff position at the Victoria Times Colonist to become executive director of PEERS, the Prostitutes Empowerment Education Resource Society. Her big goal for 2008 is to launch a […]

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4 Sep

Online journalism seminar syllabus

It’s a challenging course for graduate students at UC Berkley’s School of Journalism about the new practices that are redefining journalism. Students are told they will learn about major new trends in […]

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3 Sep

J-School Confidential

Mediabistro.com has started a new series, to run throughout the 2007 year: J-School Confidential, filed by media experts in the making. The series will feature a rotating cast of emerging […]

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3 Sep

Where Peter Gzowski got his start

As editor-in-chief of The Varsity in 1957, the late Peter Gzowski began a career that would touch millions around the world. His work there was featured in a chapter of […]

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31 Aug

New CBC Radio shows target tech-savvy crowd

CBC Radio One is launching two new shows aimed at engaging tech-savvy audiences online and getting viewers involved in laying out future shows. Spark will look at “next big things” […]

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31 Aug

An archive of high school journalism lessons

The American Society of Newspaper Editors asked high school journalism instructors from around the country to prepare lesson plans for a variety of topics suitable for journalism classes — from […]

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30 Aug

Teaching investigative journalism

An extensive and detailed guide for educators on investigative journalism from the people who produce the show seen on PBS called Exposé, America’s Investigative Reports. It includes links to useful […]

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