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29 May

Highlights of BEAC2013 conference: Nurturing the Digital Age

<p><strong>By Nicole Blanchett Neheli</strong></p><p>If you teach any type of media, it’s a constant struggle to keep up with new tools and trends. That’s why I went to the Broadcast Educators Association of Canada’s (<a href="http://beac.ca">BEAC</a>) annual conference in Banff. You can check out my <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/live-blog-broadcast-educators-association-canada-conference">live blog</a> of the event, but if you’d rather not scroll through a few days of tweets and pics here are some highlights.</p>

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23 May

Live blog: Broadcast Educators Association of Canada conference

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22 Aug

Teaching resources for instructors: Broadcast/visual journalism

<p><em>Updated August 20, 2013</em></p>

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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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9 Dec

An archive of audio stories

If you are looking for some outstanding, award-winning radio documentaries, you might find them at this online archive from Sound Portraits.

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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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2 Nov

A guide to teaching video

This site is a series of comprehensive, step by step tutorials on the fundamentals of film and video production. It includes video clips, flash animations, and explanations. The site claims it is used […]

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11 Dec

Reporting with sound

More and more journalists are working with audio these days and learning from radio reporters. This is a fabulous guide for journalists about using sound and audio clips in their […]

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11 Dec

Writing broadcast copy

There are countless guides to writing broadcast copy online. This is one of the better ones. It’s a clear list of 10 rules with good examples as illustrations.

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