More than 100 participants signed up for a series of Journalism program information sessions and hands-on studio workshops during Saturday’s March open house at Carleton for prospective students.
Audio technologist David Sarazin leads prospective students through a newscast exercise.
The recruitment fair was staged all over the Carleton campus, with presentations for the Faculty of Public and Global Affairs clustered in Richcraft Hall, also home to the School of Journalism and Communication.
In total, five Journalism faculty members, three members of staff and two Journalism students took part in the day-long recruitment exercise.
The program and networking fair took place in the Richcraft atrium from 9:30 to noon, with a table and representatives for every Carleton program.
A round of detailed information sessions rounded out the morning and early afternoon. The School of Journalism and Communication held an initial joint information session at 11 a.m. featuring Irena Knezevic, the undergraduate supervisor for Communication and Media Studies, Allan Thompson, program head for Journalism and Stefy McKnight, interim program director for the Bachelor of Media Production and Design.
Video technologist Dave Elliott provides instructions to prospective students taking part in a newscast exercise.
At noon, separate and more in-depth information sessions for Journalism, Communication and Media Studies and the Bachelor of Media Production and Design were offered, with Aneurin Bosley, the journalism undergraduate supervisor leading the journalism session.
More than 90 participants registered for Journalism studio tours that took place between 2 p.m. and 3:30. Participants started in either the audio studio or video studio, then swapped places after 45 minutes.
Journalism students Kennedy Gillingham and Nahan Cox helped out with information sessions.
During the hands-on workshops, Adrian Harewood provided a primer on audio storytelling, followed by a mock radio newscast workshop led by audio technologist David Sarazin.
At the same time, in video, Kanina Holmes took participants through an explanation of Carleton’s video journalism offerings and then video technologist Dave Elliott guided those who wanted to take a turn on camera, reading a newscast from the teleprompter.
To finish off the day, Stefy McKnight led a tour of the surveillART: care laboratory for research creation and disruptive exhibitionism, a media production and design project located in Dunton Tower.
Thanks to all those who gave up their Saturday to take part, including faculty members Aneurin Bosley, Adrian Harewood, Kanina Holmes, Stefy McKnight and Allan Thompson, staff members Dave Elliott, Pam Lamba and David Sarazin and journalism students Kennedy Gillingham and Nathan Cox.
But most important, thanks to the prospective students and family members who came to check out Carleton.
Saturday, March 14, 2026 in General, Journalism News, News
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