The annual AEJMC conference in Denver kicks off with a pre-conference workshop on Tuesday 3 August journalism schools as news providers. The workshop brings together journalism practitioners and educators to discuss how j-schools are filling gaps in news coverage through student journalism. At the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, you can see examples of student reporting on local issues on TheThunderbird.ca and on our sister video site, ThunderbirdTV.ca. I’m looking forward

One of my journalism students drew my attention to this collection of memorable local US news segments of the year. My favourite is this clip from Fox 8 in Cleveland. The reporter attempts to make up for a lack of pictures by using a cardboard cut-out re-enactment for a story about a recent string of black bear sightings. (This can’t be real, can it?)

June’s Carnival of Journalism, a monthly collection of thoughts from the journalism blogosphere, focused on the issue of local. The question was whether journalism is better the more local it is. The range of responses shows this is a rich area for debate. I sat out the carnival as I was on honeymoon in Thailand. But one of the entries from Paul Bradshaw, arguing that online all journalism is potentially