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January 16, 2020

Carleton Journalism students golden with Stories North at Canadian Online Publishing Awards

Carleton Journalism students have won top honours at the Canadian Online Publishing Awards (COPA), with golds in three categories: best video, best article or series and best photo journalism. These... More

January 15, 2020

Travers Fellowship goes to Wendy Gillis of the Toronto Star

By Jena Lynde-Smith Being a fundamentally good person and never losing the passion or drive to seek what’s right. These are qualities possessed by the late Jim Travers that Wendy... More

January 15, 2020

Remembering David Van Praagh

David Van Praagh (1931-2019): former faculty member, School of Journalism and Communication A lifelong dedicated journalist, David worked as foreign correspondent, author, and university professor. He worked in print (Globe... More

January 10, 2020

A recap of the third annual Peter Stursberg Lecture with Adrienne Arsenault

By Jena Lynde-Smith The third annual Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondents Lecture was one for the books. Adrienne Arsenault presented the talk to a full house on Nov. 30 at the... More

January 9, 2020

Upcoming conference focuses on past and future communication theory

The Communication and Media Studies program in Carleton’s School of Journalism and Communication is set to host INTO THE AIR, an international symposium on communication and media theory, on January... More

December 10, 2019

Seeing the Unseen: Film screening and panel highlight women on the autism spectrum

By Miranda J. Brady and Christine Jenkins Did you know that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can present differently in women and girls when compared with their male counterparts? On Friday,... More

December 9, 2019

Knezevic and team publish special issue on social and informal economy of food

Irena Knezevic has been part of the Nourishing Communities Research Group since its inception in 2007. The research network, which connects more than 80 community, academic, government and private sector... More

November 27, 2019

Shelby Lisk, Storyteller

By Karen Kelly Shelby Lisk recently opened TVO’s Indigenous hub at Carleton University. As TVO’s first reporter in its new Indigenous hub based at Carleton University, Shelby Lisk is responsible... More

November 26, 2019

Bivens delivers two keynote addresses

Rena Bivens was invited to deliver two keynote talks at events in Toronto this fall. The first was on Friday, September 13th for the fourth annual event, For Whom The... More

November 14, 2019

Journalism grad awarded University Medal

By Jena Lynde-Smith A standout student with infectious enthusiasm. This is how Gabbi Van Looyen, recently graduated Bachelor of Journalism student, has been described. Van Looyen accepted her degree at convocation... More

November 11, 2019

From BJ to foreign correspondent: advice from a journalism alumna

By Jena Lynde-Smith Going and doing something is always worth doing – but it’s not uncomplicated This the advice that journalism alumna, Barbara Plett Usher, has for students who may... More

October 28, 2019

MJ Class of ’94 reunites to mark 25th anniversary

It’s been 25 years since they graduated, but nearly the entire Master of Journalism Class of 1994 gathered in Ottawa over the weekend of Oct. 25-26 to reminisce about their... More