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8 Aug

Melanie Coulson’s open cover letter for the Sun News Network job

<p><strong style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22.100000381469727px; ">By Melanie Coulson</strong></p><p style="margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22.100000381469727px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.871094); "><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/sun news cover letter.PNG" title="" /></p>

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1 May

UBC Indigenous Reporting class examines health and healing in Aboriginal communities

<p><a href="http://www.indigenouscommunities.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/indigenous communities.PNG" title="" /></a></p><p>Duncan McCue and a class of University of British Columbia journalism graduate students have produced eight feature stories that seek to not further perpetuate stereotypes and show that there is more to Aboriginal communities than problem people and discouraging statistics—there are solutions within these communities, too.  </p>

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21 Dec

UPDATE: Specialist or generalist; what kind of journalist should j-schools be producing?

UPDATE for CLARIFICATION Dec 20, 2010: The language in this story has been changed to clarify the program is at the proposal stage, and, that the memo outlining the suggestions […]

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6 Jan

A journalist, not a newspaper(wo)man

It’s a question that hangs on the lips of every impending journalism school graduate (including this one): what’s the outlook?The answer, according to Joe Grimm, a visiting journalist at the […]

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2 Sep

J-school survival tips (from grads who made it)

First-year can be tough, there’s no doubt. So, as j-schoolers across the country step out for Day One of their studies, here at J-Source we decided to put together a […]

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2 Sep

How to survive first year j-school

First-year can be tough, there’s no doubt. So, as j-schoolers across the country step out for Day One of their studies, here at J-Source we decided to put together a […]

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27 Nov

A guide to choosing the right journalism school or program

<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">If you are interested in studying journalism in Canada, this is a good starting point. There are dozens of journalism programs at colleges and universities across <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>. The links in this section will provide you with some information about each of those programs, as well as links directly to the school sites for more details.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"> </p>

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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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20 Aug

J-schools need to re-invent themselves to teach students relevant skills

Dan Gillmor, a leading online journalist and advocate of citizen journalism, offers his ideas about how journalism schools are not keeping pace with the new demands of the re-invented world […]

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