Loyalist College in Belleville, Ontario runs an e-journalism program, a program that tries to go beyond Web publishing and explore new ways of incorporating new communications and computer technologies into daily newsgathering and journalism storytelling.
I’m on the advisory board for the program.
Later this week, the students in the program will launch Portal, an annual online magazine.
The folks organizing the launch have put out a press release about the launch. Here’s the blurb:
Members of the press, students and staff are invited to attend the launch of Portal as it is posted to the web. The official launch will take place starting at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) in the President's boardroom in room 3h16 in Loyalist College's Kente Building. Refreshments will be provided.
The website was designed to demonstrate the strengths of combining traditional journalism such as investigative and enterprise reporting with online publishing tools such as web design, Flash animation, video and audio streaming, databases, and blogging.
“Once again, the students of the E-Journalism program undertake to stretch the boundaries and forms of traditional journalism. It is an exciting time as we await to see the results of their efforts,” said Professor Robert Washburn, co-ordinator of the E-Journalism post-graduate program at Loyalist College.
Students feel this is a great vehicle for their work done during the year.
“Basically, this website showcases the sum of our work, design, and studies developed over the duration of the course. It represents the program and the discipline in its entirety,” said Darren Moore, one of the students.
Portal's mission statement emphasizes the balance between technology and journalism. “Our hope is to educate others who may benefit from the use of such technology and to create discussion around E-Journalism,” it states.