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11 Apr

CAJ award finalists announced

The Canadian Association of Journalists has announced the finalists in its annual awards for investigative journalism. The winners will be revealed May 26 during the CAJ/Global Investigative Journalism Conference in […]

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11 Apr

Sun Media changes criticized

The Canadian Association of Journalists is asking Sun Media Corp. to rethink a recent policyof national editorials and chain-wide opinion pieces. The CAJ says in a press release that the […]

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10 Apr

A long history of controversy

Wikipedia has a comprehensive list of student newspapers in Canada, complete with a long history of each of the publications and their controversial articles and comics.

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10 Apr

Magazines – pitching stories, internships and freelancing

Columbia University interviewed magazine editors and writers about how a student can break in. The page acts as a “how to pitch and land a job” guide for students and […]

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10 Apr

Columbia’s Freelancing Guide

Columbia University provides its students with an in-depth freelancing guide. It provides information on magazines, local newspapers, wire services and alternative weeklies that will publish student work, including stories and […]

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10 Apr

A great tool for getting feedback on courses

If you want feedback from students about your teaching or find out whether they understood aspects of a lesson or lessons and you don’t want to wait for the formal […]

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10 Apr

Turning classwork into clips

The problem arises for students, who write good stories — full of solid reporting, awesome quotes and nice language — that never see the light of day. Columbia University brought […]

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10 Apr

Ask the Recruiter

Joe Grimm of the Detroit Free Press answers salient questions about internships, jobs, and journalism recruiting. Questions range from: why are we not getting internships to how to avoid being […]

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10 Apr

Six nominated for Michener Award

The Nunatsiaq News, a small weekly newspaper in Nunavut, is among the finalists for the 2006 Michener Awardfor public-service journalism. The News is nominated for articles about the impact of […]

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9 Apr

Newspaper profitability linked to newsroom spending

Investing in news quality has a stronger positive influence on newspaper profitability thanspending on distribution, circulationor advertising, according toresearchout ofthe University of Missouri-Columbia. Researchers from the journalism and marketing departments […]

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