Archive
6 May

Are student newspapers a dying breed ?

While university and communitynewspapers are thriving across North America, high school newspapers are going the way of the buffalo in many U.S. States. T.S. Mills-Faraudo investigates the impact of theirdecline […]

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17 Apr

Welcome to the Students’ Lounge

This section is maintained and updated by editor David Hutton (Carleton), and contributing editors Jeanette Stewart (Regina), Hayley Citron (Ryerson), Chloe Tse (Ryerson), Mimi Szeto (Ryerson), Kristine Owram (Carleton), Sarah Boothroyd […]

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17 Apr

Student paper leads coverage in Virginia Tech shootings

Editor and Publisher features The Collegiate Times, the student newspaper gaining accolades for its coverage of Monday’s tragic Virginia Tech shootings. It was the first publication to post the names […]

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12 Apr

The student press around the world

Wikipedia has a fairly comprehensive database of student newspapers from around the world.

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12 Apr

Students respond to protest of ‘spoof’ issue

As protests against a parody issue of the University of Western Ontario’s student newspaper grow, the students’ council is promising changes in accountability, Western News reports. The Gazette story that […]

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10 Apr

A long history of controversy

Wikipedia has a comprehensive list of student newspapers in Canada, complete with a long history of each of the publications and their controversial articles and comics.

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10 Apr

Magazines – pitching stories, internships and freelancing

Columbia University interviewed magazine editors and writers about how a student can break in. The page acts as a “how to pitch and land a job” guide for students and […]

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10 Apr

Columbia’s Freelancing Guide

Columbia University provides its students with an in-depth freelancing guide. It provides information on magazines, local newspapers, wire services and alternative weeklies that will publish student work, including stories and […]

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10 Apr

Turning classwork into clips

The problem arises for students, who write good stories — full of solid reporting, awesome quotes and nice language — that never see the light of day. Columbia University brought […]

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10 Apr

Ask the Recruiter

Joe Grimm of the Detroit Free Press answers salient questions about internships, jobs, and journalism recruiting. Questions range from: why are we not getting internships to how to avoid being […]

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