Archive
20 Aug

But does the president have a middle name?

Carleton journalism professor Jeff Sallot first went to Rwanda during the genocide in 1994, as a reporter for The Globe and Mail. He’s since returned twice to teach journalism night […]

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19 Aug

Profs reluctant to share syllabi online

It’s that time of year. Profs across the country are busy preparing their courses for the fall term and producing a detailed syllabus for each course they will teach. How many […]

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17 Aug

How to choose a j-program

Choosing the right journalism school or program is more challenging than ever, given the changes in the industry and the uncertainty about the future of journalism as we know it. This […]

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4 Aug

Re-thinking lessons for j-students

One journalism educator is rewriting her lessons for the fall semester to include more straight talk for j-students and less emphasis on old arguments about the role of journalists in […]

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20 Apr

J-profs and j-students rate each other

A very public disagreement between two Carleton journalism professors about journalism students played itself out on the opinion pages of the Ottawa Citizen this past week. It all began with […]

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19 Apr

J-schools play catch up

Some journalism schools are adapting to the changing media world with major renovations to their curricula. They are updating their skills courses, teaching more multimedia journalism and offering courses to help […]

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17 Mar

Feeling guilty about teaching journalism?

Salon.com offers some advice to journalism professors who may be feeling guilty about teaching students skills to work in a dying industry. The advice from Cary Tennis: “I do not […]

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12 Mar

Columbia j-school’s existential crisis

Columbia University’s School of Journalism appears to be facing the same internal conflict about how, or even whether, to change its curricula to teach new media skills as so many […]

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10 Mar

Finding hope for j-students

ByMary McGuire Jobs in newsrooms across the country are disappearing, but the number of young people who want to study journalism appears to be as strong as ever. While bloggers […]

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6 Jan

The role of blogs in journalism education

ByAlfred Hermida Blogs have become part of the editorial furniture of most news sites. In the U.S., 95% of the top 100 newspapers feature reporter blogs. So it seems appropriate […]

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