Month: April 2014

  • Print class 2014: In transition

    Print class 2014: In transition

    As the Masters of Arts in Journalism program winds down for another year, students in print specialization are at a transition point. Their lives as students are coming to an end as they face the challenge of starting their careers as working journalists. With that in mind, this final issue of 2014 is about transitions.…

  • Olenka bids ‘au revoir’ to London

    Olenka bids ‘au revoir’ to London

    Gently strumming her acoustic guitar, she sways back and forth to her own beat. “I know you can’t breathe,” she sings, high and soft. Many of the songs she’s shared tonight are familiar, and Olenka sings them powerfully alongside members of her band, the Autumn Lovers. But this one, Asthma, is new. She’s planning to…

  • Canada Post not delivering for letter carriers

    Canada Post not delivering for letter carriers

    The end of door-to-door Canada Post delivery isn’t the only thing that’s having an effect on letter carriers. Jude McHugh, who has worked at Canada Post for 20 years, describes the effect that other changes begun two years ago have had on letter carriers as “life-altering” and “drastic.” And she doesn’t like the way things…

  • Lauren O’Neil and Dan Brown visit the MAJ class

    The New Media class took a step away from electoral ward projects to pitch story ideas to two fantastic guests. Western journalism alumnus, currently with the CBC, Lauren O’Neil and the London Free Press’ Dan Brown took in a variety of multimedia pitches from groups in the class. A few projects overlap with municipal politics.…