Archive
13 Feb

J-students building online profile

Alfred Hermida has this advice for his UBC journalism students: snatch up your name as a domain name and start establishing your professional digital identity. Hermida, writing on the PBS […]

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6 Jan

A journalist, not a newspaper(wo)man

It’s a question that hangs on the lips of every impending journalism school graduate (including this one): what’s the outlook?The answer, according to Joe Grimm, a visiting journalist at the […]

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6 Jan

Resolutions for a better (and more journalistic) you

Network. Pitch. Twitter. Read. Buy people lunch. This two-part blog post comes from copy editor/ San Jose journalism student Suzanne Yada, replete with resolutions for j-schoolers and beyond. The first […]

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11 Dec

Nobody puts the web in a corner: new skills for students in a digital age

What’s the best way to tell this story? It’s a question that all Journalists 2.0 should be asking themselves these days—according to Jim Sheppard, the day editor at the Globe […]

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8 Oct

Joining the CAJ

The Canadian Association of Journalists- an advocacy and education group representing some 1,500 journalists- is offering a special October rate for students. The $20 charge includes, in their words: -cheap […]

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3 Sep

To explain, is to inform

Jay Rosen teaches journalism at NYU, and is a key figure in the American journalism blogosphere. His blog, PressThink, has recorded over two million visitors since 2007, and he also […]

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3 Sep

The art of the interview

Considering summer JUST officially ended, it may be early yet to start thinking about next summer’s job. Then again, maybe not. A lot of internships begin asking for applications in […]

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2 Sep

A journalist’s toolbox

Upon entering journalism school, every student is a journalist-in-training. This means thinking, acting and working as a journalist. Former journalism professor Don Gibb suggests all students look in the mirror […]

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2 Sep

J-school survival tips (from grads who made it)

First-year can be tough, there’s no doubt. So, as j-schoolers across the country step out for Day One of their studies, here at J-Source we decided to put together a […]

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2 Sep

How to survive first year j-school

First-year can be tough, there’s no doubt. So, as j-schoolers across the country step out for Day One of their studies, here at J-Source we decided to put together a […]

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