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16 Aug

Journalism jobs for newbies hard to come by: study

A survey conducted by the University of Georgia confirms what we already know: 2009 was a terrible year to graduate. The 2009 Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates, […]

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16 Aug

Journalism warning labels

Comedian/blogger Tom Scott has created a series of journalism warning labels that can be applied to a variety of stories. Scott writes: “It seems a bit strange to me that […]

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11 Aug

The journalism grad of the new millennium

A decade ago, you needed a degree, the skills and some gumption to have a chance to land a successful career in journalism. A few decades before that, just the […]

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11 Aug

U.S. J-School considers a professional fee

The Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkley is considering a new, professional fee for its program. The School is considering charging its new students an additional $5,000 […]

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11 Aug

J-school applications drop in Ontario

<p>by Peter Johansen and Mary McGuire</p><p>Applications to Ontario's degree programs in Journalism are down compared to this time last year, according to data released last month by the Ontario Universities Application Centre in Guelph. The number of confirmed admissions is also slightly down across the four schools that are part of the OUAC program grouping for Journalism.</p><p>Heres the picture in a nutshell:</p>

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10 Aug

China: State of disarray

Chinese stations in Canada well serve their audience with popular fare from Hong Kong and the People’s Republic. Why the same can’t be said of their amateur news shows. This […]

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10 Aug

Know thy typeface

A new quiz from mental_floss magazine makes you guess the publication based only on their cover logo typeface. In the “Magazines and Newspapers” edition of mental_floss‘ regular quiz feature called […]

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3 Aug

I write like…

When you first embarked on your career in journalism, who did you want to be? A newer, hipper version of Tom Wolfe? Hunter S. Thompson? John Hersey? Chuck Klosterman? Joan […]

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29 Jul

Magazine classics re-imagined for digital age

What would some of our most beloved magazine stories look like if they were written today? The Pitch re-imagines stories by literary journalism pioneers Gay Talese, Hunter S. Thompson, Tom […]

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28 Jul

The life of a copy editor

I’ve written about fact-checking before, and the benefits of honing this skill, because it’s a good way to make decent money right out the door while you’re on your way […]

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