An essential part of free education
is a free press
and free access to information
, and journalists and journalism can be an invaluable resource to activists and citizens. But the skills and techniques that journalists use can also be great tools for everyone who has an interest in getting the data, facts, and information we need to act responsibly and make good decisions. With that in mind, check out:
The Daily Publication Society's
Journalism Week
For full descriptions visit
McGill's site or
Rabble.ca. Entires with an asterisk (*) are being put on by the Montreal Media Co-op.
Monday November 1
New Media
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Leacock 219
Tuesday November 2
Behind closed doors: using access-to-information requests*
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Brown 5001
Breaking into Journalism
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Chancellor Day Hall 100
Wednesday November 3
Citizen Media: Part I
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Leacock 219
Thursday November 4
Radical Journalism On the Air
2:30 p.m.-4 p.m. Brown 5001
Percer dans le journalisme 2.0
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Chancellor Day Hall 101
Caught in the Middle: Writing an Opinion in Today's Partisan Climate
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Chancellor Day Hall 102
Interning in Style
6 p.m. - 7 p.m. Chencellor Day Hall, 202
Making!
a Sale: Culture Journalism in a Contracting Market
7 p.m.-8 p.m. Chancellor Day Hall 202
Friday November 5
Citizen Media: Part II*
6 p.m.-7 p.m. Leacock 219
Social Justice Journalism
7 p.m.-8 p.m. Leacock 219