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24 Nov

Free money, just apply

Of the thousands of broadcast students in Canada, only 44 applied for five RTNDA scholarships, writes George Hoff.  Why some broadcast programs pay little or no attention to lucrative scholarships […]

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10 Nov

My students dont have TVs

CBC News wants to attract younger viewers with its recent relaunch, but as Carleton broadcast journalist instructor Marilyn Mercer found out, many of her students don’t have TVs or cable […]

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25 Oct

Journalism students and their course under legal scrutiny

Prosecutors in Illinois have subpoenaed the notes, email messages and even grades of students involved in an investigative reporting project. For years journalism students at Northwestern University’s Medill School of […]

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13 Oct

From zero to a television news story in four weeks

After covering the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, CBC video journalist Sasa Petricic went back with a very different mission. Laxmi Parthasarathy sat down with Petricic in Rwanda […]

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6 Oct

Show students how to sculpt in a new medium

If we create j-school curriculum based on secrecy, control and broadcast we’re not training students to lead, writes Wayne MacPhail, we’re teaching them to do what’s already been done, but […]

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13 Sep

Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Proficiency

A very gifted, very tech savvy and very generous multimedia professor has produced a 42-page guide to basic mutimedia skills for young journalists and made it available for anyone to download free, […]

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13 Sep

Social media skills for journalists

Teaching j-students to use social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Linked In and You Tube, is something most j-schools are beginning to try, or at least consider. For those looking […]

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3 Sep

Closing j-schools makes no sense

Teaching Journalism editor Mary McGuire makes the case for higher education in journalism. Too many journalists think too narrowly about the value of journalism programs. These days some have taken […]

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2 Sep

Teaching students to report, write and overcome their fears

Learning to identify stories, find sources, interview, take notes and write isn’t enough, writes Carleton journalism prof Dave Tait. A teacher’s job is also to show novice journos how to […]

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1 Sep

Tips, tools and tutorials for better online skills

One of the best sources of advice, links and lessons for anyone who wants to teach themselves or others to be better online journalists is the blog, Teaching Online Journalism, […]

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