Tonight’s JHM gala will feature a few new categories to the awards portion of the evening. Awards on labour reporting and diversity reporting have joined the line-up, as well as a francophone arts award.

The labour and diversity awards are sponsored by the Canadian Media Guild, but the creation of the francophone arts award was mandated by the CUP membership.

"Last year at plenary, they put forward a motion to create new award," says Erin Cauchi, CUP's JHM co-ordinator. "There...

European correspondent says she was nervous about speaking at Nash

"Have I completely depressed you?" The National's Adrienne Arsenault rhetorically asked Nash delegates after her keynote presentation Saturday night.

CBC-TV's senior European correspondent — regularly stationed in London — had little good news for her audience of student journalists, but delegates said her speech was...

Canadian journalists now enjoy expanded protection of freedom of the press following two Supreme Court decisions last month.

On Dec. 22, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that journalists will be protected from defamation lawsuits as long as they act responsibly in reporting their stories, and if those stories are in the public interest.

The pair of decisions came as the result of two cases in which the Ottawa Citizen and Toronto Star had published material that yielded a negative...

Adrienne Arsenault will be speaking tonight at 8:00 p.m. in Jubilee A/B.

Ms. Arsenault got her start at the CBC in 1991 after graduating from the University of Western Ontario with a BA and an MA in Journalism.

She’s perhaps best known today for her work with the CBC as a foreign correspondent in Jerusalem, and more recently, in London.

She was also one of the few Western journalists allowed into Zimbabwe to report on their 2008 elections.

Adrienne was...

Tips on how to revolutionize the way you produce content

Everyone’s talking about: The social media sites that are going to help you attract a wider audience and gain insight into what your readers are interested in.

But, do you have any idea where to start?

Student journalists should be using social media sites —...

Jan Wong breaks all the rules.

I'm not just talking about the rules of proper journalism — if there is such a thing — although she does that, too, represented by the shared motto she gave to the Nash attendees on Friday evening: "How far do you go to get a story? As far as it takes."

I'm also referring to the rules of etiquette and boundaries. The sensitivity training we were forced to listen to on Thursday would probably...

Andrew Potter's keynote last night was likely one of the most quiet — lacking the tink from coffee cups and leftover plates sure to be heard for the rest of the weekend — but it still caused a stir, as politics are apt to do.

The speech dealt with the media's representation of politicians, and that it's the desires of consumers that pushes the way the media frames them.

Grumblings of disagreement could be heard from many tables at times,...

Jan Wong will do anything to get a story.

“I've done news stories like smuggling box cutters onto Air Canada,” she said. “I've done undercover investigative pieces where I've written about minimum wage, but I don't just write about minimum wage, I go all the way. I get the job. I move into a low-rent basement. I move my kids with me.”

Wong has a colourful bio: She spent 1988-94 working as a foreign correspondent in Bejing, and covered the...

LAST-MINUTE PREP Conference staff were busy this morning putting all the finishing touches on Natural Selection before 316 student journalists descended on Edmonton. (Sandy Chase Photo)

For this year’s newsletter, multimedia is the buzzword. We’ve added a ton of new components designed to get information out to delegates quickly and in a myriad of ways.

If you’re on Twitter, I encourage you to tweet as much as possible about whatever conference-related activity you’re participating in. Be sure to use the #Nash72 hashtag. You can also follow me @danigirl1987 for conference updates and general commentary.

Also, be sure to check out the newsletter’s official website www.cup.ca/beagle for...

Commissions — the lifeblood of the decision-making process at CUP’s annual national conference. Do you want to help shape the policy that moves the organization forward? Then you should be trying to get yourself on a commission. These small meetings take place throughout the duration of Nash.

Tonight, delegates will choose who among their peers they want to shape the future of CUP. Six delegates, two each from the small, medium and large paper groups, will be elected to sit...

The competitive nature of the media industry makes it difficult for aspiring student journalists to make it to the top. Therefore, it is always reassuring to hear about those who have succeeded in becoming well known in the field. Andrew Potter is a perfect example of such a journalist.

The Maclean’s columnist will be discussing authenticity in Canadian politicians and how our desire for “down to earth” or “real” people is influencing a national dislike for politics.

“It's become a...