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J-school grad well-prepared for digital job
Kaitlyn McGrath sits in her place at the National Post sports desk, pondering the headline for the story she’s about to publish. Eugenie Bouchard, Canada’s tennis darling, has just lost at the Miami Open, and McGrath needs to get the article online. “I got it,” McGrath says after a few aborted attempts, and types out…
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Down the Rabbit Hole: London’s Escape Room Boom
To most people, getting locked in an unfamiliar room sounds like the premise of a horror movie. But over the last few months, people in London have actually started paying for the privilege. Julian Uzielli wanted to find out more about the growing escape room phenomenon… so he decided to try it.
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Canned festival to shine a light on journalism students’ work
The last class of Western’s Master of Arts in Journalism program plans to finish the year on a high note next week with a festival celebrating the students’ best work. The Canned Festival will run all day Tuesday, April 14, during the journalism school’s last week of classes, in the studio on the second floor…
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Western president made $924,000 last year
The president of Western university earned nearly $1 million in 2014 – more than double his earnings the year before, and almost $500,000 more than the next-highest-paid person at the university. Amit Chakma was paid $924,000.04, plus $43,244.88 in taxable benefits, in 2014. Chakma, who has been university president since 2009, has an official salary…