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From UWO to CTV – A Day in the Life of an Online Journalist
When Josh Elliott gets into work – there are only four people at their desks. Elliott, 27, is a writer for CTVNews.ca and his shift starts at 7 a.m. “It’s not easy, but I deal with it,” Elliott said. When Elliott graduated from the master’s of journalism program at Western University in 2014, he was…
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Going Your Own Way: A Day in the life of Andrew Donovan
Standing at 5’ 7,” stocky, with his dark hair shaved and his beard cropped as close as I’ve ever seen it, Andrew Donovan may not strike everyone as intimidating. However, as he waves me through the front door of his Guelph home, it’s evident from his presence, they way he subtly dominates the room, that…
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A day in the life of an online newsroom: Jess Brady
When Jess Brady stepped into her first real newsroom, she was overwhelmed. She’d completed an undergraduate degree in english and political science and a master’s in journalism, both from Western University, and landed her first job as a reporter at a Corus station in Cornwall, Ont. “You can do whatever program you sign-up for, but…
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It’s all in the numbers: A day in the life of Stuart A. Thompson
From the sixth story windows, at the corner of 47th and the Avenue of the Americas, Stuart A. Thompson can see a sliver of the bustlingly vista of Midtown Manhattan. The noise of the city are drowned out by the din of the Wall Street Journal newsroom. New York. He’s always wanted to be here.…