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The Signal is the official publication for student work for students in the Journalism programs at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
We focus on producing compelling stories for the people who live, work and play in the Halifax area.
Most stories are produced by senior undergraduate and graduate students in the school’s news reporting workshops, which typically run from November to March.
Students in other reporting courses contribute stories to The Signal on an occasional basis. All are students in our one-year Bachelor of Journalism and two-year Master of Journalism programs, as well as senior students in our four-year Bachelor of Journalism Honours program.
The faculty instructor/editor for the news workshop in 2024-25 is Tim Currie.
The publisher is the Director of Journalism, Fred Vallance-Jones.
We welcome all comments on our stories. Send those to the faculty instructor listed above.
Send notices of upcoming events to <signalhfx@ukings.ca>.
You can write to us at:
The Signal
School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing
University of King’s College
6350 Coburg Road
Halifax, NS
B3H 2A1
We launched The Signal in September 2015 and redesigned it in September 2023.
We do not accept external submissions.
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- Handbook of Professional Practice
- What to Expect in a King’s Journalism Story: Information for Sources
Awards
The Signal was the gold award winner in the category Best Podcast (Business) for the audio series If it makes you happy, produced by Advanced Audio Workshop students. The 2024 Canadian Online Publishing Awards were held on Feb. 12, 2025.
Signal reporter Ainslie Nicholl-Penman was the silver award winner in the category Best Blog Column/Videocast/Podcast (Media) with the story For farmer Doug Nicholl, my Grandad, it’s the end of an era, at the 2024 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held on Feb. 12, 2025.
Signal reporter Chloe Hannan was the silver award winner in the category Best Feature Article (Academic) with the story In sickness and in health, at the 2024 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held on Feb. 12, 2025.
The Signal was the gold award winner in the category Best Multicultural Story (Academic) with a story package produced by Reporting in Mi’kma’ki students, Kwe’ Eskasoni, at the 2022 Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
Signal reporter Sarah Krymalowski was the first place winner in the category Written Word: News Story for Why you should care about incel violence at the 2022 Emerge Media Awards, held April 13, 2022.
Signal reporters Feleshia Chandler and Lucy Harnish were awarded second place in the category Video Documentary for “The mad scientist of Hubbards” at the 2021 Emerge Media Awards, held April 14, 2021.
The Signal was the gold award winner in the category Best COVID Story Coverage with a video package produced by JOUR 3005 students, A show from isolation, at the 2020 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held Feb. 4, 2021. The Signal won both awards in the category Best Interactive/Infographic Story with Nicoletta Dini winning the gold for her MJ professional project Harbour rising and Karla Renic winning the silver for her Honours Project feature Newsrooms, the heat is on. The JOUR 3005 class also won the silver award in the category Best Video Content, again with its package “A show from isolation.”
The Signal was the gold award winner in the Best Student Journalism category for Foreclosed, and silver award winners in the same category for Searching for the meaning of ‘moderate livelihood’ and Standing still, at the 2019 Atlantic Journalism Awards held May 8, 2020
Signal reporter Alix Bruch was the first place winner in the category Written Word: News Story for More women and girls are playing soccer, but where are the female coaches? at the 2020 Emerge Media Awards, held April 1, 2020. Julian Abraham was awarded the second place prize in the same category for Still no proper signage for wheelchair access at Halifax courthouse. The podcast team of Andrea Maguire, Ben Bogstie, Kristina Pappas and Alexandra Skultety received the second place prize in the Audio Storytelling category for The cold ground.
The Signal was Silver Award winner in three categories: Best Article or Series (Academic) for Take a number, Best Interactive/Infographic Story (Academic) for The memory puzzle and Best Community News Website (Media) at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held Jan. 9, 2020
The Signal was the gold award winner in the Best Student Journalism category for Terms of Service at the 2018 Atlantic Journalism Awards held May 11, 2019
The Signal podcast team of Robyn Simon, Ava Coulter, Julia-Simone Rutgers and Cary Churchill received the second place prize in the Audio Storytelling category for Twenty Years On: The Kosovo Refugees at the 2019 Emerge Media Awards, held April 4, 2019.
The Signal was the Gold Award winner for Best Publication (Academic) AND the Gold Award winner for Best Video Content (Academic) at the 2018 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held Nov. 15, 2018.
The Signal was the Silver Award winner for Best Interactive Story (Academic) for 904:35am at the 2018 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held Nov. 15, 2018.
The Signal was the gold award winner in the Best Student Journalism category for 9:04:35: Remembering the Halifax Explosion at the 2017 Atlantic Journalism Awards held April 28, 2018
The Signal Podcast team (Trent Erickson, Will Gordon, Cameron Honey, Aviva Jacob, Danielle McCreadie, Nermeen Ramadan and Jayde Tynes) was the winner in the Audio Storytelling category for What if the Halifax Explosion never happened? at the 2018 Emerge Media Awards, held March 22, 2018
The Signal was the Gold Award winner for Best Article or Series (Academic) for Overburdened at the 2017 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held Nov. 14, 2017
The Signal was the Gold Award winner in the Best Academic Project category at the 2016 Canadian Online Publishing Awards, held Nov. 7, 2016
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The Signal is produced by senior students at the University of King’s College School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing.
