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24 Nov

Multimedia skills give journalists an edge in competitive job market

In journalism, having multimedia skills is comparable to being bilingual, said Globe and Mail day editor Jim Sheppard, during a visit with Carleton j-students. J-Source editor and Carleton prof Mary […]

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3 Nov

Fighting plagiarism at journalism schools

By Ellin Bessner Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speechwriters did it. So did Senator Barack Obama’s running mate. Joe Biden had to drop out of the presidential race back in the […]

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24 Oct

Election night as teaching opportunity

ByFred Vallance-Jones Journalists love to cover elections. And no wonder. Election nights are fast-paced, can be unpredictable, provide instant stories of joy and tears and require quick thinking and writing […]

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19 Sep

Columbia’s new dean urges students to make journalism healthy again

Today’s journalism students need to find new models to restore journalism to its former health. That’s what the new academic dean of Columbia University’s School of Journalism told the incoming class of […]

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30 Jul

Journalism educators need to be much more ambitious

Mitchell Stephens says too many journalism programs are dedicated to teaching the tried and true and too many journalism professors are determined to defend standard practices rather than try new approaches […]

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18 Jul

A guide to good journalistic practices

This guide is unique. It is more than the traditional list of dos and don’ts that so many j-schools provide their students about acceptable journalistic practice. Instead, this one is […]

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19 Feb

A report card on Columbia’s j-school

It was never meant for public consumption. But thanks to the Poynter Institute for posting it, we can all read the Columbia j-school dean’s personal assessment of recent changes at […]

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11 Jan

The role of J-schools in a changing media world

This thoughtful article from Insider Higher Ed explores the role of journalism schools in a world where journalism itself is in a state of flux. It follows a January 2008 […]

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9 Dec

Teaching courses online to virtual students

One of the questions I am asked frequently, as a journalism educator, is whether we offer any of our courses online. We don’t — at least not yet, and I am […]

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25 Nov

If your skills need a makeover…

Many journalism educators and mid-career journalists are anxious these days about the aging state of their skills. They want to know more about audio, video and interactive tools, social networking and […]

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