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How spilling a Tim Hortons coffee in my journalism school newsroom helped my student create the ‘must read’ @SochiProblems Twitter account that has gone viral

February 9, 2014 1 Comment

By now, many of you may have heard about the washrooms in Sochi that didn’t have shower curtains. Or the…

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Filed under: @Sochiproblems, alex broad, Alexander Broad, centennial journalism, eric mcmillan, nolan white, olympics 2014, Russian olympics, Sochi Olympics, toronto observer

Where are our grads?

February 5, 2014 Leave a comment

With the latest National Post cuts affecting the Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, and Ottawa Citizen offering buyouts to some of…

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Filed under: centennial journalism, journalism jobs, University of Toronto journalism

Ron Burgundy anchors the news for real in Dakota

December 2, 2013 Leave a comment

KXNet – Bismarck/Minot/Williston/Dickinson He’s actually not that bad. Good ad libbing. Good body language if a bit stiff. And reacts…

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Filed under: anchoring, centennial journalism, kxnews, minot, ron burgandy, will ferrell

Shoot and edit with Imovie app: doing TV news on your iPhone and iPad

October 19, 2013 Leave a comment

Imovie App What’s the best kept secret at Centennial College’s East York campus? That was the assignment we gave to…

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Filed under: abbas rizvi, apple canada, centennial journalism, emily baron cadloff, george browne, Global News, imovie app, ipad, iPhone, journalism, kevin buffitt, mobile journalism, rohan mcleish

How to become a more confident journalist? #Onearticleaday challenge

September 7, 2013 Leave a comment

from eonline.com Most of my journalism students this fall will recognize that photo without too much trouble. Heck, most of…

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Filed under: arab spring, centennial journalism, eonline, japan, journalism, maclean's, maglev, miley cyrus, reading, twerk, wired

What publishing your first story feels like

August 14, 2013 Leave a comment

Saw this great post from Robert Washburn on my Facebook feed today. Do you think it would be a good…

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Filed under: byline, centennial journalism, journalism, New York Times

Centennial Journalism success stories January 2013

January 15, 2013 Leave a comment

I was asked to put this together in advance our the Centennial Journalism Program Advisory Committee meeting this coming week.…

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Filed under: brennan mceachran, bryan xu, centennial journalism, hitsend, ideanotion, karen ho, kayla kreutzberg, law times, Maryam Shah, toronto sun, yamri taddese

Beam me up Scotty: New TV News control room at Centennial Journalism

August 23, 2012 Leave a comment

455 Promo from NewTek on Vimeo. I keep calling it a Tricorder. You know. The one that was on Star…

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Filed under: captain kirk, centennial journalism, cinequip, control room, forbes, francois biber, hd tv, journalism, new york giants, newscast, star trek, Tricaster, tricorder, tv news

Centennial Journalism helps Canadian Association of Journalism conference come together in Toronto

March 18, 2012 Leave a comment

Centennial College journalism faculty and students will play a high profile role in the coming national 2012 Canadian Association of…

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Filed under: centennial journalism, Ellin Bessner, george browne, kris reyes, lauren oneil, lindy oughtred, malcolm kellyCanadian Association Of Journalists, martin seto, stephen cogan, ted barris

Ontario Election 2011 live coverage by Centennial Journalism students

October 7, 2011 2 Comments

Our students did themselves proud tonight fanning out across the city to bring our viewers and readers the latest results…

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Filed under: Aneta tasheva, Ani Hajderaj, centennial journalism, Deeanna Charrion, joe volpe, kathleen wynne, mike colle, Ontario Votes, rebecca raveendran, Yamri tadesse

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