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21 Dec

UPDATE: Specialist or generalist; what kind of journalist should j-schools be producing?

UPDATE for CLARIFICATION Dec 20, 2010: The language in this story has been changed to clarify the program is at the proposal stage, and, that the memo outlining the suggestions […]

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7 Dec

UBC j-students, Globe and Mail investigate hidden cost of shrimp

By Alfred Hermida Twenty-something university students usually head to Thailand in search of exotic adventures. But when a group of 10 University of British Columbia journalism students went almost a […]

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30 Nov

J-students go hyperlocal with smartphones

Armed with smartphones to research, interview and write, Wayne MacPhail’s j-students tackle street-level journalism while learning to file from the field. On a cold fall night about 20 years ago […]

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22 Nov

U of T prof says recent Maclean’s story on Asian students ‘fueled racial stereotypes’ and shows journalists’ failure to cover diversity

A recent Maclean’s article about Asian students at Canadian universities not only “fueled racial stereotypes” writes Minelle Mahtani, but it also revealed “a growing crisis in news and current affairs […]

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20 Oct

East African j-school to educate media owners

Aga Khan University’s j-school in East Africa aims to teach media owners about their responsibility to society, His Highness the Aga Khan said in Toronto earlier this week. Khalid Magram […]

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19 Oct

Proposed U of Windsor j-program enrages college

<p>The University of Windsor has <a href="http://www.uwindsor.ca/digitaljournalism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">proposed to launch</a> a digital journalism program, which St. Clair College president John Strasser worries will lure students away from the college's state-of-the-art mediaplex. He thinks the move may harm the relationship between the two, the <span style="font-style: italic;">Windsor Star</span> reports.<br />

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7 Oct

Data-driven journalism: a beginner’s guide

The European Journalism Centre’s (EJC) data-driven journalism round table in Amsterdam came up with a 78-page crash course on the rising industry. The paper, titled “Data-driven journalism: what is there […]

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7 Oct

Tips for creating web videos

CNW’s Beyond the Wire blog offers four tips on making your online video stand out: Know your audience CNW writes: “Who do you want to reach and how?” Figure out […]

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5 Oct

Television: problem to be managed or instrument to be played?

Long-time television producer and broadcast journalist-turned-j-school professor Alan Echenberg on how to inspire great TV journalism. As someone who has worked in TV journalism for most of my adult life, […]

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5 Oct

Journalism teachers are failing their students

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="left" alt="Wayne MacPhail" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Wayne_MacPhail.jpg" style="width: 131px; height: 106px;" title="Wayne MacPhail" />The students </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Wayne MacPhail </span><span style="font-style: italic;">sees know practically nothing about the online world or emerging media; their journalistic training reaches only a tentative few feet beyond the same traditional media it always has.

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