From Toronto, Ont., Jacqueline Newsome has produced stories for The Canadian Press, the Investigative Journalism Bureau and more. This summer, she will complete a two-month placement at CBC’s Toronto headquarters, followed by a two-month regional placement in Montreal as a recipient of the prestigious CBC News summer scholarship for emerging journalists. Here, she reflects on…
From Toronto, Ont., Olivia Nitti is graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism. During her degree, she and classmate Tedi Buffet took on a story about the government, community and environmental complications of building a whale sanctuary on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore. The story is a finalist for the Student Journalist Award at the 2026 Atlantic…
From Lunenburg, N.S., Ethan Hunt is in the first cohort of the Mi’kmaw Journalism Initiative and is graduating this spring with a Bachelor of Journalism with Honours. During his time at King’s, Ethan has played rugby for the Blue Devils, broadcasted sports games and co-hosted the CKDU radio show “Injury Reserve,” which won the National Campus and Community Radio Association…
“There’s just so much support and such a sense of community that continues after the program ends...” When psychiatrist and professor Joanna Cheek, MFA’24, applied to the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program, a question had been circulating in her mind for years: What if peoples’ mental health conditions weren’t a sign of weakness, but a normal reaction to…
Lu Fan packed up her life in China, moved across the ocean and restarted her career in Halifax, after more than a decade working as a documentary filmmaker. Her husband got a job in Halifax and one year later, Fan and her two young children, aged seven and 10, followed. Fan worked as an English-speaking journalist at the China Global Television…
Molly MacNaughton, BJ(Hons)’24, has spent the past year of her Master of Journalism (MJ) degree meticulously sorting court documents and listening to personal experiences from former residents about the conditions inside the Wood Street Centre Secure Treatment facility, the only court-ordered involuntary youth treatment centre in Nova Scotia. “I just feel like nobody's really thinking about child…
During her time at King’s, Frances Cooke played volleyball for the Blue Devils, was a four-time Debra Deane Little and Robert Little Academic Scholar, and this year won the Gary MacLean Award for Outstanding Dedication and Commitment. From Hamilton, Ont., she is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with combined honours in Contemporary Studies and…
A $1.1 million donation will fund the next design phase for a new building on the southeast corner of King’s campus. The design, by Canadian architects Diamond Schmitt in association with Abbott Brown, envisions a place to foster future generations of journalists and creative writers and a campus that’s more reflective of and welcoming to…
When she started at King’s, Caroline Jones wasn’t quite sure what she wanted to pursue, but when she learned that the Early Modern Studies Program covered some of her favourite topics, including pirates, she decided to take the leap. Fully diving into the experience, she’s been Co-President of the Early Modern Studies Society since her…
