In this final episode host Wayne MacPhail gets the tables turned on him. MacPhail's not just this podcast's host, he's also instructor here in the MAJ program in Online Journalism. He's interviewed about just that by current MAJ student, Savithri Sastri.

Then we’ll hear from another current student James Saunders about how a Brit like him wound up creating a foreigner magazine from scratch in South Korea and then headed to the colonial London, Ontario to improve his journalism chops. Thanks for listening to this podcast series. Hope to see you at Western soon!

If you'd like to learn more about our one-year Journalism MA, please visit our MAJ website or, you can email us at journalism [at] uwo.ca.

You can even give us a call at 519-661-4017. Hope to hear from you.

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In this episode host Wayne MacPhail speaks with Cliff Lonsdale about how writing poetry and paying attention to visual grammar preps you to make solid television journalism. Cliff's been the former Executive Producer of The National, and Chief News Editor for CBC Television. He's produced hours of internationally-aired documentaries and has been a print, radio a television journalism for nearly 40 years.

Next up a recent MAJ graduate, Frances Willick explains how one year at Western prepared her for the career she's dreamed of, far faster than she imagined. Frances is currently working as a general assignment reporter at the Windsor Star.

If you'd like to learn more about our one-year Journalism MA, please visit our MAJ website or, you can email us at journalism [at] uwo.ca.

You can even give us a call at 519-661-4017. Hope to hear from you.

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In this second episode of the J-School Confidential podcast host Wayne MacPhail speaks with Meredith Levine about what learning to write for radio teaches you about writing in general, and about people and the world.

Next up Media Specialist and radio instructor Wendie Crouch takes us into the multi-track magic that is radio production.

And, we end the episode with a song from the London-based band Olenka and the Autumn Lovers, check out more of their songs at http://myspace.com/olenkalovers.

If you'd like to learn more about our one-year Journalism MA, please visit our MAJ website or, you can email us at journalism [at] uwo.ca.

You can even give us a call at 519-661-4017. Hope to hear from you.

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In this first episode of J-School Confidential, host Wayne MacPhail talks with the Master of Arts in Journalism Program co-ordinator, Paul Benedetti about the MAJ in general. Then, we get into the details of the print component of the one-year program.

Next up, Joel Tiller, a student currently in the program, talks about how his love for Hunter S. Thompson and an incident at a New Delhi train station turned him from a career in medicine to one in journalism.

And, we end this episode with a song from the London, Ontario-based band metro4. You can find more of their music at metro4.ca.

If you'd like to learn more about our one-year Journalism MA, please visit our MAJ website or, you can email us at journalism [at] uwo.ca.

You can even give us a call at 519-661-4017. Hope to hear from you.

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