Archive
1 Mar

How to make your journalism internship really count

So you’ve done it. You’ve landed your first journalism internship. Congrats! But hold on—your work’s not over yet. If you want your internship to lead to a great portfolio—or a […]

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22 Feb

Is your j-school failing you?

During a recent trip to give a guest lecture at an American j-school, Paul Gillin at Newspaper Death Watch was shocked at the naïveté he witnessed in the students: his […]

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15 Feb

Science lessons

Think you’ve got it all figured out? Here are a few lessons from the other side of campus. One of the best things about j-school, as least in my own […]

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14 Feb

Journalist love

Happy Valentine’s Day from the Students’ Lounge. Check out other absolutely awesome valentines for journalists at 10,000 Words.

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11 Feb

College strike avoided for now

After spending weeks bracing themselves for a strike, journalism students at Ontario colleges can breathe a little bit easier after a February 10 vote came out in the favour of […]

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10 Feb

Five ways to stay focused

Mark S. Luckie from 10,000 Words recently posted a list of five tricks to improving your writing and concentration. It’s good advice for anyone, but especially for those that find […]

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4 Feb

The bogeyman is made of numbers

Journalists and math don’t get along well. Most journalists are afraid of numbers. Formula-scared high school students flock to journalism school so that they can get as far away from […]

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1 Feb

Salinger and the F-bomb

I don’t know what it is, but there’s always the tendency in young journalism students to relish the opportunity to curse in their writing. I suspect it has something to […]

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1 Feb

J-schoolers take their know-how and get out of the classroom

Journalism students at Ryerson University and the University of Western Ontario have collaborated and put their course work out there into the real world, publishing an online, multimedia series on […]

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1 Feb

International journalism awards

AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards Offered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, this award is available for any piece of journalism that is published by a U.S.-based […]

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