Category Archives: Jschool 2007

Canada, politics, and journalism

Hello Past and Future Jschoolers, It has been a few months since Jschool 2007 ended, and I thought I’d give a bit of an up-date on how the diploma has helped me. I was offered probably three or four journalism jobs in communities ranging from the Crowsnest Pass in southern Alberta, to Thompson in northeastern [...]

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Jo, you are right!

Hey Jo, I hear you on the $28,000 a year. It’s hard to justify a job that doesn’t pay the bills… I hope you have a wonderful birthday in New Zealand. Nothing beats home. Say hi to the Duchess for me. And congratulations on the intern. I’ve been following your elections with great interest, just [...]

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And so the story continues

It was with much sadness that I delivered Janni to Brisbane airport last week. Janni had decided she needed to go home and share her experiences and photos of Jschool 2007 with her family and friends in Sweden. Janni flew home via Stockholm and Gothenberg before travelling home to Jonkerping with her parents. I have [...]

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The last hoorah

Jo Mitchell-Turner Valedictorian speech Jschool 2007 Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Like [...]

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The last hoorah

Jo Mitchell-Turner Valedictorian speech Jschool 2007 Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible. He is a kind of confidence man, preying on people’s vanity, ignorance or loneliness gaining their trust and betraying them without remorse. Like [...]

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