Broken roads to open hearts
Backpacking across Europe is perhaps a right of passage. Maybe I’m a bit behind the times? Australia is the new Europe when it comes to…
March 2011
Confession of a baby face
I have got a confession to make. It is nothing monumental that is going to change the course of my life, or yours for that…
UMSU elections?
University of Manitoba Students’ Union elections are once again upon us, and once again I find myself saying, “It’s election week?” Like a lot of…
Can citizen journalists and mainstream media co-exist?
I n the world of journalism, there is ongoing debate about who does a better job of reporting the news: citizen journalists or mainstream news…
Concentration of print media in Canada
W hat do you get when a country of over 30 million people get their news from a handful of corporate news providers? The short…
When everyone with a smartphone can be a journalist . . .
B eing a young journalist, you’re not often surrounded by much optimism about the industry you so desperately want to be successful in. So when…
Doing more with less / lean times ahead for student media
Student media in Canada is in trouble; with fewer advertising dollars to go around, and a shifting media climate, its future is no longer clear….
Less human than human?
Art, especially literature, is filled with the inner battles of the human psyche — it defines our fears, hopes, underlines our strange uniqueness in the…
Zinc selenide
There has been a significant breakthrough in the field of fiber optics. Researchers led by Prof. John Badding at Pen State University have developed a…
Journalism is not dead
The face of journalism is changing. Every day, the field is evolving in its nature as it adapts to societal changes. The notion of a…