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19 Oct

Durham College prof launches social networking site for journalism students

Journalism schools can become a bit of an in-crowd. Students are tight with each other but get very few opportunities to connect with someone from another school. A Durham College […]

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15 Oct

Make your cover letter dress to impress

When you’re on the job hunt, the cover letter you attach to your resume will give employers their first impression of you. So you better make it great. Here are […]

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13 Sep

Great advice your professors might not give you

Journalism school is an excellent place to learn the tricks of the trade, but there are still a few things you’re unlikely to figure out until you’re out in the […]

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8 Sep

What journalists think about information interviews

Colleen Tang asked working journalists how they felt being asked to do information interviews, if they expect anything from the person requesting the interview and if they think these interviews […]

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2 Sep

The skills that will get you hired

Marissa Nelson, senior editor, digital news at thestar.com tells young journalists what skills newsroom managers are looking for and how to exploit the digital savvy you already have. When I […]

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2 Sep

How to stand-out at j-school

We asked some of the top journalism profs across Canada for their top piece of advice for students. Follow these tips to get the most out of your program. READ! […]

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13 Aug

100 best blogs for j-students

Learn-gasm, a website about education, has put together a list of the “100 Best Blogs for Journalism Students.“ It’s a solid list of blogs and websites categorized under the following […]

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8 Jul

30 things journalism grads should do this summer

Whether you’ve just graduated from j-school or are on summer break between semesters, this list from the 10,000 Words blog, called Journalism Grads: 30 things you should do this summer, […]

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25 May

“You learn the most from the hardest things”: Stephanie Nolen’s speech to King’s graduates

Stephanie Nolen, The Globe and Mail‘s current India, and former Africa, correspondent, was honoured by her alma mater, the University of King’s College, with an honourary doctorate in civil law. […]

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19 Mar

10 tips for freelancers

By Julia Kilpatrick 1. Research. Do enough interviews before you pitch a story to make sure it’s really a story. You don’t want to get commissioned to write a story […]

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