News | School of Journalism and Communication

December 5, 2022

Journalism Faculty awarded SSHRC Grant to Research Pandemic Impact on Journalism Education

A project dedicated to unpacking how journalism education changed through the pandemic – and what changes promise to stick – was awarded a $21,000 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council... More

December 1, 2022

Sabbatical Dispatches, Part 2: Winseck Goes to Lugano

Sabbatical is a unique privilege of scholarly life. Deriving from the Latin word sabbaticus, which originally meant “rest or cessation from labor or tillage,” it refers today to an academic’s... More

November 24, 2022

Sabbatical Dispatches, Part 1: Liam Young and the Life of Salt

Sabbatical is a unique privilege of scholarly life. Deriving from the Latin word sabbaticus, which originally meant “rest or cessation from labor or tillage,” it today refers to an academic’s... More

November 15, 2022

Online hate targeting journalists the focus of major Dec. 1 event at Carleton

Carleton University’s journalism program is partnering with CBC/Radio-Canada, the #NotOK project and the Stursberg family to hold a major public event on Dec. 1 grappling with the upsurge in targeted... More

October 31, 2022

COMS program welcomes Argentine scholar Ana Bizberge

The School of Journalism and Communication is pleased to welcome Ana Bizberge as a visiting scholar for the Fall 2022 semester. Bizberge, whose expertise is regulation of the media and... More

October 11, 2022

Carleton hosts first-of-its-kind conference on fact checking in journalism Oct. 19-21

In an age of fake news and misinformation, fact-checked journalism has never been more vital. Carleton’s journalism program and The Walrus have organized a special conference Oct. 19-21 at Carleton... More

October 7, 2022

Bellingcat work in conflict zones is the focus of this year’s Stursberg lecture

The Bellingcat organization’s use of open-source digital investigations to shed light on Ukraine and other conflict zones is the topic of the 2022 Peter Stursberg Foreign Correspondent’s Lecture. The event... More

October 4, 2022

Globe and Mail continues mentorship program for Indigenous and Racialized journalism students at Carleton

For the third year running, a mentorship program for Indigenous and Racialized journalism students from Carleton is on offer in the Globe and Mail’s Ottawa Bureau. The program provides two... More

September 22, 2022

Dean Spade delivers 13th Attallah Lecture

In his 2019 book, Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis (and the Next), Seattle University law professor Dean Spade explores how ordinary citizens develop strategies to support and care... More

September 9, 2022

Carleton creates new full-time Indigenous Journalism position

In a watershed moment, Carleton University’s journalism school has launched the job search for a new full-time position for a professor of Indigenous Journalism and Story(telling). And in an exception... More

September 7, 2022

Veteran journalists join Carleton’s team of contract instructors this term

Eight veteran journalists from the CBC, National Post, The Athletic and other media organizations and freelance positions have joined the journalism program’s dedicated team of contract instructors for the fall... More

August 29, 2022

Omayra Issa to deliver 2022 Kesterton Lecture – Black on the Prairies: a Journalistic Voyage

The 2022 Kesterton lecture will be delivered by CBC News Senior Reporter Omayra Issa, who will use a presentation called “Black on the Prairies: a Journalistic Voyage,” to explore how... More