Archive
7 Jan

Business: The big challenge for the next generation of hacks

In The Guardian, Jeff Jarvis reflects on a course he taught on journalism entrepreneurship at City University of New York. His students created business plans for a dozen sustainable journalistic […]

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25 Aug

UWO paper loses independence over spoof issue

Maclean’s on the Board of Governors at the University of Western Ontario decision in May to prevent on-campus distribution and withhold student fees from their student paper, the Gazette. 

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16 Aug

BTW, can I quote you on that?

QUESTION: Can I use quotes from e-mail listservs and online newsgroups in my articles? What people have to say in these online forums is often really interesting and colourful. These […]

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14 Aug

Why youth are tuning CBC out

In a recent edition of The Tyee Elaine Corden, a freelance writer, comments on the success (or failure) of CBC’s latest ventures aimed at attracting a new fresh-faced audience to […]

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13 Aug

J-schools aren’t embracing new media: U.S. study

Journalism education is not keeping up with the new media demands of the industry, according to a survey of newspaper managing editors conducted by David Wendelken and Toni B. Mehling of […]

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8 Aug

Deadlines: it’s make or break for freelancers

by Lezlie Lowe Do you own a calendar and know where to locate it? Yes, you say? Then you’re already a step ahead of scads of freelance journalists out there […]

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1 Aug

Student publications in Canada

Non-j-school publications ArthurArthur is a Canadian student newspaper, often referred to as The Arthur. It is the official organ of the Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. More»  The AquinianThe Aquinian […]

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12 Apr

The student press around the world

Wikipedia has a fairly comprehensive database of student newspapers from around the world.

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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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8 Mar

The Student Newscentre

Students in Canada produce more than 120 publications — from student newspapers to journalism school publications to a professional magazine. Here, you’ll find links to these student publications, student journalism […]

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