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August jobs roundup

Our round­up of August jobs is here!

July roundup of jobs

The RJAA’s July roundup of jobs is here!

For future months, if you’re looking to hire someone with a journalist’s skill set, don’t hesitate to drop us a line. We share a variety of paid positions with our alumni each month.

Producer/Reporter, MediaFace, No deadline listed

Video journalist/ Bell Media/ Prince Albert, Saskatchewan/ July 7

Associate editor/ DailyXtra.com/ Pink Triangle Press/ Toronto, Ontario/ July 8

Producer/ Aboriginal Peoples Television Network/ Winnipeg, Manitoba/ July 11

Reporter­editor, digital (full­time)/CBC­Radio Canada, English services/ Goose Bay/ July

12

Communications and events coordinator/ York University/ Toronto, Ontario/ July 14

General assignment reporter/ St. Albert Gazette/ St. Albert, Alberta/ July 15

Media relations and communications coordinator (maternity leave)/ McMichael Canadian

Art Collection/ Kleinberg, Ontario/ July 19

News reporter­anchor (full­time)/ Jim Pattison Broadcast Group/ North Battleford,

Saskatchewan/ July 31

Editorial consultant/ RBC/ Toronto, Ontario/ No deadline listed

Reporter­photographer/ Metro Edmonton/ Star Media Group/ Edmonton, Alberta/ No

deadline listed

Web producer­reporter/ News 1130/ Rogers Media/ Vancouver, B.C./ No deadline listed

Intermediate copy writer ­editor/ Rogers Media/Toronto, Ontario/ No deadline listed

Jobs open for application in June

Purpose Investments Inc., an asset management firm based in Toronto, is looking for a content manager to oversee their website. Email your cover letter and CV to Dan Rubin, vice president of marketing. See the job description here.

A cool gig for full-time students: How would you like to get paid to handle the social media accounts for the office of the mayor? The residency will take place over July and August and you must apply directly to Mayor John Tory himself. The cutoff is coming up soon, though: be sure to apply by June 8.

Jobs open for application in May

We’re back to publishing monthly job postings! We’ve got a wide range of opportunities across the country — including an editor/designer job sent directly to us by an RJAA member on behalf of her client, a “recognized and respected” B2B publication in the Hamilton area. For more information on that opening, candidates are welcome to email Anne Wright directly.

Jobs open for application in February

Full-time positions are open at the CBC, including a full-time parliamentary reporter role. Or for alumni looking to make a career hop, we’ve dug up a few permanent positions in public relations. The jobs aren’t all located in Toronto, either. If you’ve been following reports about Vancouver’s red-hot real estate market, the opening at BC Assessment might be of interest. The agency is in charge of developing and maintaining property assessments throughout British Columbia, in addition to providing property information to the public.

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Suzanne Ma talks about the importance of writing skills and much more

Since the 1980s, waves of economic migrants from rural China have left their homeland bound for Italy but little attention is paid to them in the international press.

Determined to bring their stories to light, Suzanne Ma, a graduate of the 2006 Ryerson journalism class, spent five years shadowing a handful of Chinese economic migrants. The result is her debut non-fiction book, Meet Me In Venice, published in February and funded by a Pulitzer fellowship she won after graduating from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 2009.

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