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Vicky McArthur: the Bachelor of Media Production and Design’s first faculty member

A brand new degree for the School of Journalism and Communication naturally calls for recruiting a faculty member with a background very different from those traditionally hired over the nearly... More

Capital News Online gets a brand new identity

Just as it is about to turn 21, we are saying goodbye to Capital News Online –  the first digital publication produced by journalism students at Carleton – and hello... More

Popplewell’s ‘Head Games’ probe earns National Magazine Awards nomination

Assistant Journalism Professor Brett Popplewell has earned a National Magazine Awards nomination in the Investigative Reporting category for his September 2017 story “Head Games,” a probe of the scientific battle... More

Lim’s new chapter and interview with De Standaard

Merlyna Lim was featured in the April 7th edition De Standaard, a Flemish daily newspaper in Belgium. Largely based on her interview with Lim, in In Azië heet perscensuur ‘strijd... More

Lim delivers talks at Purdue and UMich

Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, delivered a keynote talk at the Politicians and Social Media in the Global South seminar held on 14... More

Sarah Everts: Journalism program’s new CTV Chair in Digital Science Journalism

Chemicals as weapons of war. The history of processed food. What science can tell us about Mona Lisa’s complexion. This is a tiny sampling of what science journalist Sarah Everts... More

Former MJ Directs Orca Doc in Iceland under NatGeo Grant

A new documentary began filming on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in west Iceland on 15th of April, 2018. A former MJ student, Fangliang Xu, is the director and cinematographer for this... More

Vice magazine publishes third-year Journalism student’s story

First Sir John A. and now Gandhi. Student activists want to oust Carleton’s statue of Gandhi, arguing his past was tainted by racism and misogyny. Following similar clashes over figures... More

Journalism’s newest Donaldson scholar: MJ Rachel Levy-McLaughlin

Rachel Levy-McLaughlin, a master’s student in the final year of Carleton’s Journalism program, is on her way to the CBC this summer to work in Toronto and Calgary. Levy-McLaughlin won... More

Dobson publishes second book  

Kathy Dobson, PhD candidate in Communication, celebrates the release of her second book this spring. Punching and Kicking: Leaving Canada’s Toughest Neighbourhood (Véhicule Press, May 2018) is the sequel to... More

FLEdGE project explores food systems through poetry

Kaliberda presents at 25th International Conference of Europeanists

Elena Kaliberda, PhD candidate in Communication, presented a paper at the 25th International Conference of Europeanists this March. Kaliberda’s paper — “Public Sphere: The EU Multicultural Policy. Do the Migrants... More