News Archives | School of Journalism and Communication

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

May 27, 2019

From the grey: Piecing together the fragments of communication studies in Canada

By Jordan Haworth Though a staple program in Universities around the world, the field of communication studies remains relatively young. In Canada, it emerged in the mid-to-late twentieth century under... More

May 5, 2019

Journalism grad wins prestigious award for young Canadian journalists

Only two years out of Journalism school, Robert Williams (BJ '17) is one of the latest recipients of the 28th Annual Hon. Edward Goff Memorial Prize for Young Canadian Journalists. The... More

April 30, 2019

An opportunity to work on stories that matter

Are you an aspiring journalist eager to sharpen your skills this summer while working on stories that matter? Look no further than Capital Current, our Journalism program's flagship digital publication.... More

April 24, 2019

Lauriault’s Open Smart City research is shaping Canadian cities

The ground breaking research on Open Smart Cities led by Tracey P. Lauriault in collaboration with OpenNorth Canada's leading civil society organization on open data and funded by Natural Resource... More