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August 17, 2017

Journalism grads release Carleton football documentary

Four years ago, the Carleton football program was reborn. “Year Four” is a documentary made by recent journalism graduates Lewis Gordon, Austin Stanton, and Cameron Newbigging that chronicles the rebirth... More

August 14, 2017

PhD candidates Dobson and Mitchell attend Surveillance Studies Seminar

Kathy Dobson and Scott Mitchell, doctoral candidates in Communication and ALiGN Media Lab affiliated researchers, were both selected to attend the Surveillance Studies Summer Seminar held June 15-21at Queen’s University... More

August 14, 2017

PhD student Lowell Gasoi wins prestigious Vanier Scholarship

Lowell Gasoi, a second-year Communications doctoral student, has won prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. Gasoi’s research deals with the communicative relationship between artists and government. “I have been a theatre... More

August 14, 2017

Knezevic publishes a co-edited volume titled ‘Nourishing Communities’

Carleton University Professor Irena Knezevic has just co-edited a new book titled Nourishing Communities: From Fractured Food Systems to Transformative Pathways with Alison Blay-Palmer, Charles Z. Levkoe, Phil Mount and... More

August 14, 2017

Lim on activism, laughter, and hate in social media

Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, delivered a plenary talk at the annual conference of the International Association of Media and Communication Research in... More

August 14, 2017

PhD student Nasreen Rajani attends Oxford Summer Program

Nasreen Rajani, a PhD student in Communications, was one of 32 students accepted to the 2017 University of Oxford Internet Institute’s Summer Doctoral Programme (OII SDP). Doctoral students from around... More

August 2, 2017

Ambassadors and award winners: Journalism alumni roundup

Two more distinguished Journalism alumni were singled out for special honours in the last few months. In early July, Jennifer MacIntyre (BJ '97) was named Canada's Ambassador for Climate Change.... More

August 2, 2017

Two more reasons to be proud of our Journalism grads

When the CBC's The National unveils its new format in November, 2017, two of its four hosts will make us particularly proud: Rosemary Barton (MJ '01) and Andrew Chang (BJ... More

August 2, 2017

PhD candidate Emily Hiltz presents at Paris conference

Emily Hiltz, a doctoral candidate in Communication, recently presented a paper titled “The Visual Construction of Criminal Notoriety: Discourse Analysis as an Historical Critique of Violent Women’s Notoriety” at the... More

July 26, 2017

Wheels of fortune: BJ student publishes magazine story on ‘cycling equity’

Ottawa is pouring millions into new cycling paths – but are they going to the neighbourhoods that really need them? An avid cyclist, Isaac Wurmann (BJ4) explores the growing controversy... More

July 24, 2017

Stories North: Journalism students step toward reconciliation in Yukon

Stories North was designed to address three primary goals: teaching the importance of listening and respect, especially as it applies to cross-cultural learning and working with Indigenous peoples; expanding students’... More

July 4, 2017

Boswell’s historical journalism marks Confederation milestone

The Ottawa Citizen published a nine-part series of historical essays — “Tales of July 1, 1867” — by Associate Professor Randy Boswell as part of its special coverage of the 150th anniversary... More