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1 Oct

Algonquin College launches Canada’s first community-funded news site

Algonquin College has launched Gojournalism.ca, a community-funded journalism site. The site, which is modelled after California’s successful Spot.us, is the product of an open-source research project funded by Algonquin. A […]

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30 Sep

J-student to MacPhail: J-schools aren’t failing us

<p>Earlier this week <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wayne MacPhail</span> suggested that <a href="/article/journalism-teachers-are-failing-their-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">journalism teachers are failing their students</a> by ignoring the technological and cultural shift in their field. His article prompted a lively discussion in the comments section. It also inspired Western University j-student <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ian Jacobs</span> to take out his typewriter and write us this letter:<br /><br />Dear J-Source,<br />

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22 Sep

New degree program in Entrepreneurial Journalism

The Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is introducing a new master of arts degree in entrepreneurial journalism.The New York Times reports that the program […]

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21 Sep

The new breed of programmer-journalists

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="Left" alt="Craig Silverman" border="0" height="80" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Craig_Silverman.jpg" title="Craig Silverman" vspace="0" width="80" />Two U.S. J-schools are mixing computer science and journalism to create</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /><span style="font-style: italic;">a new breed of programmer-journalists. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Craig Silverman</span> reports. </span><br />

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21 Sep

A working journalist reflects on becoming a new j-teacher

<p>By Melanie Coulson<br />Senior Editor and Blogger with the Ottawa Citizen</p><p>It has been 12 years since I left the relative safety and security of Carleton’s journalism school and went out to become “a journalist”. It was mysterious, exciting and worrisome: how do you land that first  job?</p><p>I remember asking Dianne Francis of the Financial Post what advice she had for an aspiring journalist while working at the student newspaper and completing an undergraduate degree at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.</p>

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21 Sep

Top 10 conversations in journalism today

<p><img align="Left" alt="Reporter" border="0" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/reporter.jpg" style="width: 134px; height: 163px;" title="Reporter" />Summer's over, are you ready to talk shop and impress your peers? Yeah, that’s what we were afraid of. Our guide to the top 10 (okay, 11) conversations in journalism today is a good place to start (in no particular order).<br /><br style="font-weight: bold;" /><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Canwest newspapers reborn as Postmedia</span><br />

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20 Sep

Experiments in NYC J-Schools

<p>By Davis Shaver<br /><br />Universities around the country have had to shift the approach of their journalism programs to accommodate a quickly changing media landscape. New York City's journalism schools, in particular, are working to rethink their offerings and adapt to the new world.</p><p> </p>

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14 Sep

A legendary j-educator slams what’s happening in j-schools these days

<p>Technology is taking over the curriculum at too many j-schools and the results are "disastrous," accorinding to a well-known journalism educator and the author of the widely-used News Reporting and Writing, now in it's 12th edition.</p>

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14 Sep

Ryerson students go mobile, thanks to Motorola and Telus

<p>A Ryerson journalism instructor is teaching his students how to be mobile journalists with a little help from Motorola and Telus.</p><p>Last year, Wayne MacPhail found the students in his class had a mix of different devices. This year, however, they will now be able to use the same devices to post audio, video, images and text to the web.</p>

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14 Sep

How to conquer j-students’ fear of technology

<p><span style="font-style: italic;">It's easy to assume the younger generation understands technology - but when it comes to multimedia storytelling, a lot of students admit they're computer illiterate. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Jen Lee Reeves</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> offers tips for teaching technology to Luddites.</span></p>

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