This two-year Ontario College Diploma program delivers practical training in newspaper, magazine, and new media journalism. The award-winning College newspaper, the Algonquin Times, is the focus for work in the second and third levels. A biannual magazine, Glue, also provides students with hands-on training.

Students generate story ideas, write and edit copy, find and photograph images worthy of publication, shoot web video stories, electronically produce pages, and run the Algonquin Times as a community newspaper. In addition, students learn to use the Internet as a reporting and publishing tool.

In the fourth level, students complete internships at media outlets throughout the province.

This is a mandatory laptop program and students are required to use a laptop computer that meets minimum hardware and software specifications. For more information, see the following websites: algonquincollege.com/its/laptop/mlp/supported/index.htm for hardware and algonquincollege.com/its/laptop/mlp/software/0402.htm for software. Computers and supplies can be purchased directly from Algonquin's New Technology Store at educational discounted rates.

Graduates who achieve a minimum of a 3.0 grade point average can continue their studies in the Journalism degree program at the University of Ottawa.

SUCCESS FACTORS

This program is well-suited for students who:

• Have superior writing skills.
• Possess a keen curiosity about news happening in their community, country, and throughout the world.
• Have a willingness to interact with people.
• Enjoy reading and studying written news.