Turning subject experts into journalists: 9 good questions with Robert Steiner
April 24, 2014The American Press Institute - A fellowship program at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs recruits subject-matter experts – from scientists and lawyers to economists and cyber-experts – and over eight months trains them to become beat reporters by mentoring their work for a growing network of newspaper...
Robert Steiner speaks on “Unlocking the News: Empty Newsrooms and the Future of the Free Press”
March 31, 2014Robert Steiner, director of Fellowships in Global Journalism, gave a talk on "Unlocking the News: Empty Newsrooms and the Future of the Free Press", on March 31, 2014.
Anna Nicolaou (FGJ ’14) wins prestigious Overseas Press Club Foundation Award.
March 15, 2014New York, USA – Anna Nicolaou, the Munk Journalism Fellow at the University of Toronto, won an Overseas Press Club Foundation Fellowship. The $3,000 grant she was awarded will fund an internship in the Brussels bureau of Reuters this spring. The first OPC Scholar from the University of Toronto, she received...
Global Beats: Turning the Economics of Freelancing Inside Out
February 17, 2014Robert Steiner, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, tells us why he believes freelance journalists should be developing a global "beat", and gives his tips on how to start. Read the rest of the article here
Michael Kempa (FGJ ’13) is nominated for a National Magazine Award for best investigative journalism.
January 16, 2014Read Michael's nominated piece at The Walrus
Is a journalism degree worth doing?
March 1, 2013Maclean's - Many newsrooms use journalism schools as farm teams for summer programs, and Coulson says someone would need to have a “pretty special background” to make the Citizen’s shortlist without one. She and I agree that cultivating skills and interests outside of school is crucial —it’s foolish to think that a...
Robert Steiner: In Toronto, we’re dumping the j-school model to produce a new kind of reporter
October 16, 2012What if, instead of turning journalists into experts, you focused on turning experts into journalists? Students are back at journalism programs around the country. As the media industry continues to evolve, how well is new talent being trained, and how well are schools preparing them for the real world? We...