The post-baccalaureate Bachelor of Journalism program at the University of King’s College

f you are interested in the one-year Bachelor of Journalism at King’s, you are already familiar with university life. You’ve completed, or almost completed, one degree, but you’re looking for something more. If that something has to do with telling stories, King’s may be the place for you.

Our alumni are in newsrooms and editing suites around the world. They cover community news, legislatures, daily arts and crime stories and events that change the world. They produce science programs, edit sports magazines and create feature documentaries. Some use their journalism skills to succeed in other professions, such as law, politics, communications , fiction and non- fiction writing and many other fields.

Our faculty work closely with students, emphasizing solid journalism skills and

storytelling abilities—on paper, on the air and online. All of our journalism faculty bring real-world experience to their jobs; they have won national awards, written authoritative texts and continue to practice their craft.

Students in the King’s one-year Bachelor of Journalism program don’t just learn technology and technique. They learn how to think like journalists: to follow their curiosity, to ask questions, to use the concrete to illuminate the abstract, to see the world in terms of a story and to communicate it clearly.

As a King’s student, your journalism will go out into the ‘real world’. Our publications and broadcasts are available to the Halifax community and to people around the world through live streaming and our online archives. You will graduate with a

professional portfolio and be able to work as a reporter or editor, or you may decide to use your degree to start any career that calls on you to write and speak well, to analyze and explain complex issues and to connect with other people.

OverviewThe Bachelor of Journalism program moves quickly. Over eight months, you will learn the basic skills and knowledge required of professional journalists. You will graduate with a solid foundation for either the working world or the Master of Journalism program.

The program is divided into five blocks: an eight-week introductory basic training module; three six- week-long workshops and a month- long internship.

Basic training (8 weeks)

Come ready to work hard! You will learn basic writing and reporting skills for print, broadcast and online, practical research skills, and journalism ethics and history.

Workshops (6 weeks each)

In the workshops, you are a working journalist constantly producing stories for the public, under the guidance of

Costs: (as of 2014–2015)

BJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 10,640

Books (estimate) . . . . . . . $ $400

Residence (Angel’s Roost with 19 meal plan)

Single room . . . . . . . . . . .$ 10,682

International differential fee . . . . . . . . . .$ 8,448

International Health Fee . . . . . . . . . . . .$ 491

Please note these are estimates . For detailed costs including health insurance and incidental fees please visit our website .

For more informationIf you have questions concerning your application or the program, please contact the Office of the Registrar by calling 902-422-1271 or by emailing admissions@ukings .ca .

You can find us online at

ukings.ca/journalism

jour@ukings.ca

faculty and staff. You will pitch story ideas and produce stories on your own and with others. You’ll work to strict real-world deadlines and strive to break news.

Students take two of the following five basic workshops: newspaper, radio, television, online and creative non-fiction. All students take one of the advanced workshops offered at the end of the winter term: investigative reporting, advanced (documentary) radio, advanced (documentary) television and advanced magazine production.

Internship You will participate in a four-week internship in April. You arrange for this internship with the help of faculty. The experience lets you apply all you have learned and is an excellent opportunity to get your foot in the newsroom (or magazine, or production company) door. You may do your internship any where in the world.

General program informationAdmission Requirements:

You must have an undergraduate degree with a “B” average or higher from an accredited university.

Your degree may be in any subject or discipline other than journalism.

Scholarships and Bursaries:

There is a broad range of scholarships available to Bachelor of Journalism

students and several scholarships for African-Canadian and Canadian Aboriginal students. Awards range from $2,000 to $9,000.

Students in the Bachelor of Journalism program may also apply for King’s bursaries of up to $2,500.

Applications

Applications for admission, scholarship and needs-based awards are available online at ukings.ca

Early application deadline—Feb. 15th

Offers of admission are extended on a rolling basis beginning October 15.

Final application deadline—June 1st

Two-Year Master of Journalism Option

All students who complete the Bachelor of Journalism with a minimum GPA of B can automatically proceed to take the one-year Master of Journalism.

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Learn to be a journalist... by being one.

Build a solid foundation for your journalism career with the one-year Bachelor of Journalism program: two concentrated

semesters of theory and practice in the fundamentals of reporting and production for all media platforms.

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The Future of Journalism odern journalism demands new forms of storytelling, new investigative techniques and even new types of news organizations. The Master of Journalism is for journalists who want to lead the way.

The 10-month program was developed in consultation with industry and independent journalists in Canada and abroad. Whether you choose the data-focused Investigative stream, or the more entrepreneurial New Ventures route, your year will be both exciting and challenging. The program is only open to students with a strong foundation in journalism skills and practice.

The MJ program begins in June and runs on campus until December, with core courses in practice and theory and specialty courses for each stream. In the new year, you begin a professional project in the field, working under the guidance of a skilled mentor supplemented with faculty contact via distance education.

Core Courses: Multimedia CoreThese courses provide a solid grounding in multimedia digital storytelling skills, along with an over view of the changing media business landscape and how to navigate it. As in other King’s journalism programs, you will build on a solid foundation of hands-on practice.

In the second part of the program, students focus their work in one of two specialized streams: Investigative Reporting and New Ventures.

Investigative and Data Journalism This stream focuses on deep investigative reporting and data journalism skills that can be used in daily journalism or major projects. You will learn cutting-edge techniques such as how to acquire, analyze and map large data sets, the journalistic use geocodes, different forms of data visualization, spatial analysis and web scraping.

The Investigative Reporting stream is led by faculty member Fred Vallance-Jones, whose work has been recognized by the National Newspaper Awards and the Canadian Association of Journalists. He is also co-author of the widely-used texts Digging Deeper: A Canadian Reporter’s Research Guide and Computer-Assisted Reporting: A Comprehensive Primer.

CouRSeS:

Summer: Digital Journalism 1, Mobile Reporting, Public Records Research, Audience and Content Strategies

Fall: Digital Journalism 2, Methods of Investigative Reporting

Winter: Investigative Project, Exemplars of Contemporary Journalism (Students do not have to be in Halifax for the winter term.)

New Ventures The business of journalism isn’t just for big media companies anymore. The New Ventures stream is for journalists who want to develop a full- or part-time freelance practice, launch an entirely new journalism outlet, or create projects within an established media organization. Students will learn how to identify markets, raise start-up funds and write business plans.

This New Ventures stream blends the expertise of Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Management and King’s School of Journalism. It is led by Kelly Toughill, MBA (Queen’s), an award-winning journalist and former senior manager with the Toronto Star.

The entrepreneurship class at the Faculty of Management is taught by Dr. David Roach. Additional workshops are led by Dr. Ed Leach, director of the Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship at Dalhousie University, and Dr. Mary Kilfoil.

Costs: (as of 2014–2015)

MJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,729

Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 100

Mobile Journalism kit . . . . $ 400

International differential fee . . . . . . . . . . $ 8,448

International Health Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 491

Please note these are estimates . For detailed costs including health insurance and incidental fees please visit our website .

For more informationIf you have questions concerning your application or the program, please contact jour@dal .ca .

You can find us online at

ukings.ca/journalism.

jour@ukings.ca

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CouRSeS:

Summer: Digital Journalism 1, Mobile Reporting, Business Fundamentals for Journalists, Audience and Content Strategies

Fall: Digital Journalism 2, New Ventures Creation, Emerging Business Models in Journalism

Winter: Professional Project, Exemplars of Contemporary Journalism

Professional ProjectEach student works with a mentor on a capstone project in the final term. Mentors are working journalists who are leaders in their fields. The professional project in the Investigative stream is a data-driven online project that meets professional publication standards and is published online. The pro fessional project in the New Ventures stream is a business plan and prototype for a new journalism enterprise.

Scholarships and Bursaries: Two Evanov Scholarships of $2,500 each, two Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarships valued at $10,000 each, and one international differential fee waiver award are available. Graduate students may also apply for King’s bursaries of up to $2,500.

ApplicationsThe Master of Journalism program is designed for the student who either has an undergraduate degree in journalism or deep experience as a professional journalist. Those who don’t have an undergraduate degree in journalism can do a two-year version that begins with the one-year Bachelor of Journalism degree at King’s. To apply please visit www.ukings.ca/master-journalism and click on “Apply Now”.

Applications are considered on a rolling basis.

Early application deadline— February 15th.

Final application deadline—May 1st.

Applicants must meet the minimum admission requirements of the Dalhousie University Faculty of Graduate Studies; a GPA of 3.0 and proven English language competency.

“Congratulations for the timely introduction of a program that will help equip the next generation of news innovators for the challenges ahead. This is a much needed addition to Canadian

journalism education.”KatHy Vey, Founding editor of Openfile.ca

“After 25 years in broadcast journalism, assigned to more than a hundred different countries, I did not think I had much left to learn. Wrong! This program has opened my eyes to endless possibilities; whether you want to teach or practice, work in Canada or in the developing world, this program is a must.

It will take you places you will not believe.”StePHen PuddICoMBe, Master of Journalism, class of 2012, CBC national correspondent

data Scraping • Business Fundamentals • iPhone Video Production • HtML • Mapping • Seo • SMo • Pitching • Metrics Financial Statements • aggregation and Curation • Marketing • PHP • data analysis • Live Multimedia Reporting

Spreadsheets • Investigative Projects • Business Plan and Prototype • data Visualization • Investigative Interviewing

Master of JournalismDigital, Entrepreneurial, Investigative

Take your journalism skills to the next level

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