Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the ever-evolving landscape of student media, “culture” stretches far beyond textbook definitions. It encompasses identity, tradition, activism, creativity, and the shared experiences that bring campus communities together.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn February, the White House announced the decision to take over the press pool that covers presidential activities. But this move has much more drastic repercussions than people may believe.
Reading Time: 3 minutesCollecting government subsidies then annually laying off thousands of employees should be criminal.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCan journalism ever be honest or will it always be subject to either the bourgeoisie or the state?
Reading Time: 5 minutes“If you are free, your job is to free someone else,” CBC anchor Adrian Harewood told the crowd on Wednesday.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA journalist was recently arrested for being a journalist. Is that a hyperbolic oversimplification of a nuanced and complicated Radio-Canada case? Yes and no.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf there’s one thing technology can’t do, is replace the fundamental need for passion and curiosity in this field.
Reading Time: 2 minutesUnder this new proposal, journalists who frequent the press gallery would be screened by the RCMP with fingerprinting and criminal background checks, and could be denied access if the police deem necessary.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn the face of lies and “alternative facts,” journalists need to be very judicious about what they report, and fund investigations to get to the real facts.
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs a university newspaper meant to ease the access to information and facilitate discussion, releasing staff editorials about why the media should be more biased is an odd choice.
Reading Time: 5 minutesMedia is an indispensable part of society—but it can only be effective when it has the best interests of their nation in mind. Unfortunately, the news media indulged a little too much in the revenue boost that Donald Trump brought them.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn case you haven’t heard the news, most cases of campus sexual harassment are committed by university professors. At least, this is the allegation levelled by Angelina Chapin in her Ottawa Citizen op-ed titled “Universities need to focus on harassment, not just on sex assault.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn neither Canada nor the United States do reporters have any absolute right to keep their sources or source material confidential. This does not fall under the constitutional right of free expression or free press.
Reading Time: 7 minutesHow student media can give young journalists an edge Photo Courtesy: Connect Euranet (CC) Peter Mansbridge has the kind of career that isn’t supposed to exist anymore. In mid-January 2015, at the Canadian University Press’ annual conference, he stood in front of hundreds of student journalists speaking about highlights from his career. He told them …
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Fulcrum chats with Researcher-reporter Nick Taylor-Vaisey on his time at U of O and what’s like to work at Maclean’s.
Reading Time: 4 minutesShould we consider TMZ a legitimate source for news, or are they nothing but a sleazy gossip website?
Reading Time: 2 minutesTroubled program will get fresh start in 2015, two years after admission freeze After nearly a year of uncertainty, the University of Ottawa’s suspended journalism program will return next year following a significant makeover. The university says its new digital journalism program will teach students the skills they need to break into a media industry …
Reading Time: 2 minutesThings aren’t looking much better for the University of Ottawa’s journalism program.
Reading Time: 2 minutesDay 2 of #NASH76 for the Fulcrum staff took them off course and into Vancouver. Arts & Culture editor, Sabrina Nemis, recounts the long and winding trip thus far.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThrown into one of Canada’s largest army training camps, one student experiences the grit and raw realities that those tasked with defending the country face on a daily basis.
Reading Time: 3 minutesReport calls program ‘deeply troubled,’ university halts admission of new students Photo by Adam Feibel The University of Ottawa has suspended admission of new students to its journalism program for the upcoming academic year. A university committee decided to suspend admission to the program at the earliest opportunity after an internal report to the …
