It’s been a year and a half since I graduated; I’m the producer for a morning show on the #1 radio station in Calgary and I love it. It’s not the job I thought I would have at this point but it’s a great job in a great city. But my road to this job [...]
Melissa Oakley graduated from the St. Thomas journalism programme in the spring of 2009 and immediately went to work with the CBC in Fredericton where she still is. Here’s her story.
Joel O’Kane went from St. Thomas journalism classes to the Fredericton Daily Gleaner then rose quickly to an editor’s position. He reports on his experience as a professional journalist.
I had no idea what I wanted to do when I graduated. But after talking to the 2009 St. Thomas Irving Chair of Journalism, Stevie Cameron, (for just five minutes) things were clearer. I’m not big on writing or being on camera, so I quickly realized I had to move to Toronto and find a [...]
In the summer of 2009, Tom Henheffer received his degree and went directly from a St. Thomas journalism classroom to the newsroom at Maclean’s Magazine. He filed this report to NB Beacon’s From the Field on the challenges and rewards of working as a professional journalist.
I love my job.
Every single day, I walk into the newsroom at the Daily Gleaner and sit down at my desk and sort through dozens of emails from readers, sources, colleagues, and contacts and begin making sense of the news happening in my community.
I’ve written stories that have inspired change – real change – in [...]
I soon learned that confidence is half the battle, even if it’s just a mask. If you don’t think you can do it, why should anyone else? Trust your instincts; you’ll know what to do because you’ve already survived a journalism degree.
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