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5 Dec

If local news will be the saviour of Canadian journalism, what are you going to do about it, broadcasters?

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Harriet Luke.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Harriet Luke for the <a href="http://www.rrj.ca/m28292/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ryerson Review of Journalism</em></a></strong></p>

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4 Dec

What we lose when newspapers give up on beat reporting

<p><strong>By Lisa Coxon, for the <a href="http://www.rrj.ca/m28283/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Ryerson Review of Journalism</em></a></strong></p>

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4 Dec

Ryerson Review of Journalism launches 30th anniversary commemorative ebook

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/RRJ_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>The <em>Ryerson Review of Journalism</em> has put together an ebook to celebrate 30 years of publishing, featuring some of the magazine’s best work from across the decades. Produced by final-year journalism students in the masthead class at Ryerson University, in Toronto, the <em>RRJ</em> takes a critical look at the journalism industry in Canada.</p>

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28 Nov

Live chat on internships: No pay, no gain?

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14 Nov

Networking tips for journalism students

<p><strong>By Mary-Katherine Boss, Student Lounge Editor</strong></p><p>It can be unnerving for students and recent graduates to find journalism jobs in today's competitive market. J-schools often suggest that networking is one of the best ways for new journalists to make connections in the industry but rarely explain how to do so effectively.</p>

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25 Oct

ONA13: three lessons learned for student journalists

<p><strong>By Arik Ligeti</strong></p><p>Back in May, I was sitting in a Budapest hotel lobby at 3 a.m. with my laptop, trying to answer this question: If you ran into Google’s CEO, what would you ask? I was filling out an application to participate in the Online News Association’s <a href="http://newsroom13.journalists.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Newsroom</a>; I was thankful for the time difference.</p>

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24 Oct

Behind-the-scenes: How UBC journalism students uncovered the roots of global illegal logging

<p><strong>By Keith Rozendal</strong></p><p>We covered 29,000 kilometres in 11 days to get our story. Why? It’s on our course syllabus.</p>

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8 Oct

20 years out of j-school: Comparing journalism past and present

<p><em>Twenty years ago, field notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli graduated from Ryerson's journalism program. News practice has changed remarkably between now and then. Here, she looks at the past, present and future of an industry trying to grapple with a rapidly changing media landscape and lots of uncharted territory.</em></p>

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4 Oct

Live blog: Journalism: How It’s Done, Where It’s Headed

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2 Oct

10 tips for covering funerals

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Funeral.jpg" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>The Ottawa Citizen covered the funeral for Karen </em><em>Krzyzewski</em><em>, who was killed in September's fatal bus crash when it collided with a Via Rail train in Ottawa. Photo credit: Chris Mikula/Ottawa Citizen.</em></p><p><strong>By Matthew Pearson, reporter for the <em>Ottawa Citizen</em></strong></p>

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