Media for Global Professionals breaks new ground by breaking down old boundaries. The first media program of its type in Canada, it celebrates diversity in both the cultural and technological senses - and channels graduates into the journalism and media careers of the future. After just a year of intensive study, you'll be well equipped for the brave new world of online media, ready to tell new stories to new audiences locally and internationally.

Designed for working professionals and students with a university degree or college diploma, the program provides direct, in-depth experience with a range of Web 2.0 technologies. You will: Create blogs, wikis, and podcasts, Learn to use social media and Work with digital storytelling.

You’ll also learn the fundamentals of “entrepreneurial journalism,” a new model that combines traditional freelance approaches with the self-publishing, self-broadcasting possibilities of digital media and Internet journalism.

New Stories, New Audiences: Just as important, Media for Global Professionals takes a broad international perspective. You’ll examine Canada’s increasingly diverse population and its changing role in the world via courses on diversity, global conflict, and cultural studies. An outgrowth of the acclaimed Canadian Journalism for Internationally Trained Writers Program, this new media program reaches out not only to recent immigrants but also to children of immigrants and Canadians with a global outlook.

In an era of cultural and technological convergence, adaptability is the key to a successful media career. Media for Global Professionals provides unique new ways to help you adapt and thrive.

• Postsecondary diploma or degree (International credentials will be assessed by ontariocolleges.ca 
• and/or 3-5 years experience in the journalism/writing profession; 
• or a complementary profession and 500-word autobiography 
• 250-word document stating why you wish to be in the program 
• Résumé 
• Sample of your work such as maximum of five published writing samples. 
• One unpublished essay or article (maximum five pages) will be accepted for this requirement.
• Applicants will be required to take a Canadian English proficiency exam to enter the program or provide notarized proof of passing such an exam. Those who do not pass the test will be directed to English as a Second Language support.
• Postsecondary transcripts indicating courses completed to date must be submitted to ontariocolleges.ca at the time of application. Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.

Term 1

• Protocols of the Media
• Media Law and Ethics
• Research Techniques
• Writing Techniques
• Canadian Cultural Studies

Term 2

• Diversity Studies
• Editing and Proof Reading
• Social Media
• Advanced Writing Techniques
• Global Conflict Studies
• Digital Storytelling

Term 3

• Entrepreneurial Journalism
• Work Placement-Internship

Note:Courses subject to change.