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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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1 Dec

University of Calgary students win Facebook free speech battle

Students Steven and Keith Pridgen were suspended from the University of Calgary two years ago, for comments they made against their Law and Society course professor in November 2007, on […]

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24 Nov

Interested in science journalism? Win $2,500 to fund your research

<p>The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) is offering two Canadian post-secondary students $2,500 apiece to write a feature story on a scientific topic. The deadline to apply for <a href="http://www.innovation.ca/en/Media/CFIEmergingScienceJournalistsAward" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The CFI Emerging Science Journalists Award</a> is Feb. 1, 2011. The money will be awarded to the successful applicants in April 2011.<br />

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23 Nov

UBC j-student class project featured on Globe and Mail site

As part of its “8 Discussions We Need to Have,” the Globe and Mail tackles industrial shrimp farming practices by following a team of 10 UBC masters of journalism students […]

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23 Nov

Applying for summer internships? Learn from my mistakes

Hey, j-students, it’s finally here. Applications for summer internships at the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and The Canadian Press are all due this this week. Of course, those […]

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16 Nov

How to handle criticism: tips from a pro

Ah, criticism. It’s a journalist’s job to criticize. We’re the people’s watchdog. We afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted. We keep the powerful in check. So as reporters, we’re […]

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9 Nov

Mayors who won’t co-operate with journalists

Toronto Mayor-elect Rob Ford boasts he’s returned about 200,000 phone calls to constituents in his 10 years as a city councillor. But when As It Happens called, suddenly he’s too […]

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8 Nov

Pay your writers, or else! Signed: the internet.

Thursday afternoon, users on Facebook, Twitter, LiveJournal and reporters from the mainstream media joined forces to expose a miscreant editor and restore justice in the blogosophere.  When Monica Gaudio, a […]

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2 Nov

When j-students cover a killer

Two second-year Loyalist College j-students, Trish Allison and Nicole Kleinsteuber, on what they learned from covering the sentencing of admitted rapist and murderer Russell Williams. Lesson one: dealing with guilt. […]

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19 Oct

How to get a job: 8 tips

Deadlines for summer internships are coming up soon. Many of them lead to real jobs. Here are eight tips on how to stand out from the competition. When you go […]

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