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3 Apr

A look inside the making of the latest issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism

<p><em><strong>Sara Harowitz</strong> is the editor of the Summer 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which will be launched April 5 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Here, she talks about what it was like heading the masthead of an esteemed student-published journalism magazine and what we can look forward to in the upcoming issue. </em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/rrj summer 12.jpg" title="" /></p>

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28 Mar

Does freedom of the press come at a higher price for student journalists?

<p><strong><i>By Emma Godmere</i></strong></p><p>A visit from a bailiff is not something a student journalist normally expects on a sunny Tuesday morning.</p><p>And yet, every so often, we hear of a student press outlet caught in the crosshairs of legal action.</p>

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26 Mar

Multimedia journalism lessons for j-students, from a j-student

<p><i>By Melinda Maldonado</i></p><p>It’s been a bumpy ride into the world of multimedia journalism. As a self-identified writer who loves the depth of long-form writing, I decided to fill my greatest skill gap by taking all of the hands-on techie courses this semester that I could: Online and New Media, TV, Radio.</p><p>I have made my share of mistakes along the way – some so bad that I’ll probably never make the same mistake again (see #1). Here are a few tips that I picked up this semester:</p>

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22 Mar

Student journos: apply now to attend ONA12

<p>Do you produce or study digital media?</p><p>Applications are now open for an all-expenses-paid trip to San Francisco to attend and cover the Online News Association's annual conference from Sept. 20-22.</p><p>Twenty applicants will be selected to work in the Student Newsroom, a digital media environment that will provide "hands-on experience producing content for the ONA12 website before and during the conference, under the personal guidance of professional mentors."</p><p>Students will also be able to attend sessions and network with experts and journalists.</p>

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20 Mar

Tuition hikes in Quebec: student media mobilizes

<p><em>Written by Colette Brin, communications professor at Laval University and a member of the Canadian Journalism Project's editorial committee, this story was </em><em><a href="http://www.blogues.ulaval.ca/colette-brin/droits-de-scolarite-les-medias-etudiants-se-mobilisent/ ">originally posted</a> on Contact, the school's blog. Translated by Rhiannon Russell. </em></p>

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6 Mar

50 Twitter chats for journalism students

<p>J-school students have to know how to use social media, but they can also use it as a tool to further their education. <a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/">Online Universities</a> has posted a list of 50 chats that students can participate in - all by using specific hastags. Some of these conversations are weekly or monthly, while others are ongoing.</p><p>You can check out the complete list <a href="http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2012/03/50-terrific-twitter-chats-for-journalism-students/">here</a>.</p>

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27 Feb

Learn to earn a living from your writing

<p>As senior editor of <em>The Grid</em>, Edward Keenan knows how to make money off his writing. But, he says, many writers don't know how to do this or they aren't being taught.</p><p>This is the basis for Keenan's workshop Writing is a Business at the <a href="http://impossible.ws/">Academy of the Impossible</a> in Toronto. The course runs for four consecutive Sundays, starting March 11.</p><p>For more info on what the workshop will offer, <a href="http://writingisabusiness.wordpress.com/">click here</a>.</p>

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22 Feb

John Paton: Exclusive interview and digital first advice for young journalists

<p>“Digital first is a transition strategy, not an end-game strategy. I don’t know what the end-game is. Neither does anybody in the business,” John Paton <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/j-sources-exclusive-interview-digital-first-media-ceo-john-paton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told me</a> as he sat across from me at a table in the atrium of the CBC building on Front St. in Toronto last week.</p>

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20 Feb

Lessons for j-school students according to John Paton

<p> </p><p>“Print is dead.” It’s a phrase every journalist – especially those in the newspaper biz and in j-school – has heard countless times. For those j-students, such a statement may seem daunting. But just because the world of print may be shrinking, that doesn’t mean a career in journalism is impossible to get off the ground.</p>

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15 Feb

Fact-checking Ezra Levant

<p><em>Last Friday, Ezra Levant had two former Ryerson Journalism students on his show to talk about the school's alleged liberal bias. <strong>Scaachi Koul</strong> responded with <a href="http://www.rrj.ca/b20122/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this editorial</a> for the Ryerson Review of Journalism that shows that Levant might have got a few facts wrong. </em></p>

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