News Archives | School of Journalism and Communication

September 19, 2019

Knezevic to work with Small Scale Food Processors Association

Associate Professor Irena Knezevic has secured a new grant through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Partnership Engage Grant program. The funding will allow her to conduct community-based research... More

September 11, 2019

Journalism alumni named to top jobs at the CBC

Journalism alumni are making waves in the news industry. The CBC has recently welcomed two journalism graduates as radio hosts. Nahlah Ayed will be hosting Ideas on CBC Radio One,... More

August 26, 2019

Journalism student shares her experience at World Journalism Education Conference

By Jena Lynde-Smith Journalism is not a dying field, it’s an evolving field. This was one of Safiyah Marhnouj’s key take-aways from the World Journalism Education Congress (WJEC). Marhnouj, a... More

August 6, 2019

Communication and Media Studies program heavily represented at recent CCA conference

A number of our professors and graduate students participated at this year’s annual conference of the Canadian Communication Association (CCA), held in Vancouver, British Columbia from June 3-5, 2019. Founded... More

July 12, 2019

Communication and Media Studies welcomes Emily Hiltz and Vincent Andrisani

We are delighted to welcome Dr. Emily Hiltz and Dr. Vincent Andrisani to our Communication and Media Studies faculty. Dr. Hiltz will be teaching a range of courses in the areas... More

July 8, 2019

Boswell edits essay collection on StatCan’s 100th anniversary

Journalism professor Randy Boswell edited a newly published collection of essays exploring the legacy and future of Statistics Canada, which marked its 100th anniversary in 2018. Produced by the Montreal-based... More

July 4, 2019

CBC to air Journalism students’ short docs

Less than a month after they crossed the stage to receive their degrees, a half dozen journalism students are receiving a professional boost from the CBC, which is airing the... More

July 1, 2019

Christine Crowther: the Journalism program’s latest term appointment

Broadcast journalism, scholarly studies, university-level teaching – Christine Crowther's combination of professional skills and academic experience has resulted in a one-year term appointment with the Journalism program as of July... More

June 29, 2019

Pulitzer Prize-winning team includes Journalism grad

Most journalists are well into their careers before they earn a coveted Pulitzer Prize. Joel Eastwood (BJ '13) was only some six years out of our School before earning his.... More

June 29, 2019

Second-year Journalism student wins global competition

What should the Journalism schools of the future look like? How do we get there? Journalism students around the world were invited to submit their ideas for the World Journalism... More

June 18, 2019

Trish Audette-Longo: Journalism program’s new term appointment

Recently returned from presenting her research on journalism funding at the 2019 Congress of the Humanities at the University of British Columbia in early June, Patricia Audette-Longo joins the School... More

June 3, 2019

Journalism professor Brett Popplewell wins gold at National Magazine Awards

Carleton journalism professor Brett Popplewell has been awarded a prestigious Gold prize at this year’s National Magazine Awards for his penetrating examination of the Toronto Star’s struggle to survive in... More