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4 Sep

Media Musings: Does a journalism education still matter?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_5.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Joe Banks</strong></p><p>My students may be shocked to know we’ve posed the question in the headline, since in the asking, there is a suggestion that it doesn’t. So I will confidently and quickly answer in the affirmative before explaining: of course it matters, and it will continue to matter.</p>

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4 Sep

6 reasons why interviewing streeters is awesome

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/TV camera_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Jimmy Thompson</em></p><p><strong>By Julie McCann, Field Notes Editor</strong></p>

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3 Sep

Recent hires at Canadian j-schools

<p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>As journalism students head back to the school, here’s a look at some of the new people who will greet them in j-school classrooms across the country.</p><p><strong>Carleton University</strong> <strong>hires Aneurin Bosley</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/aneurinbosley" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aneurin Bosley</a>, an online editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em> until May, joined Carleton University, in Ottawa, as an assistant professor.</p>

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2 Sep

How TRU’s Community News Collective prepares j-students for a rapidly changing industry

<p><strong>By Charles Hays, Education Editor</strong></p><p>Thompson Rivers University’s journalism program has a new unique partnership with local media in Kamloops, B.C.</p><p>The Community News Collective, now in its second year, helps journalism students and interested community members learn the nuts and bolts of reporting in the region by sending them on rotations at <em>The Omega</em>, the independent campus newspaper; CFBX-FM, an independent community radio station and the Kamloops CBC bureau.</p>

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2 Sep

Charles Hays is J-Source’s new Education Editor

<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/Charles Hays_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><p>I’m pleased to welcome Charles Hays as J-Source’s new Education Editor.</p>

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25 Aug

Trends in journalism education in Canada: Who are j-schools hiring?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_4.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p><p><strong>By Janice Neil</strong></p>

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25 Aug

11 mistakes to avoid as a newbie journalist

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General Newsroom_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p>The newsroom can be a tricky place for an intern. You need to impress but you don’t want to step on any toes.</p>

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18 Aug

Trends in journalism education in Canada: What’s being cut?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p>

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12 Aug

Education Matters: Should we teach journalism students to write in the first person?

<p><strong>By Janice Tibbetts</strong></p><p>In a few weeks, when I meet about 50 first-year students in my introductory journalism classes, one of the first things I will tell them is to keep the words “I,” “me,” “we” and “us” out of their stories. Journalism, after all, is about telling the stories of others and not drawing attention to yourself.</p>

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11 Aug

Trends in journalism education in Canada: What’s being added?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/University class_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons</em></p>

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