How to score a newspaper internship (I think)
I promised an aspiring student journalist I’d post this to my blog a while ago, but never got around to it. Apologies if she’s been checking this site every day since. In March, I was invited to give a...
View ArticleThe Link turns 30 with journalism conference
The Link, a Concordia student-run newspaper that I edited more than half a decade ago, celebrates 30 this year. The paper has a habit of celebrating every five years. I was there for the 20th...
View ArticleWant to watch me talk in front of a brick wall for half an hour?
Last month, I gave a talk to some student journalists from Ontario and Quebec who gathered in St. Henri as part of a regional conference of Canadian University Press. I occasionally get asked to talk...
View ArticleThe desperate struggle to save Canadian University Press
Canadian University Press, a 75-year-old cooperative of post-secondary student newspapers across Canada, might not live to see its 80th birthday. Erin Hudson, its current president, is doing everything...
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