About
Tim Currie teaches online journalism, instructing students in producing web-based content, at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
He took his BA in History and Political Studies at Queen’s University in 1988, co-editing the Queens Journal in 1987-88. He first came to King’s to complete the one-year Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1992. He worked in the news and publishing industry for two years before returning to King’s in 1994. He helped expand the first course in online journalism offered by a Canadian university — which Stephen Kimber launched in 1995.
He has been the school’s primary online journalism instructor since 1999. He completed a master of arts in communications and technology from the University of Alberta in 2006. His final research project was an examination of teaching methods for online journalism at Canadian colleges and universities.
He teaches the Online Workshop, a practical course in online journalism. The workshop publishes U-News, a news site serving Halifax’s post-secondary community.
Tim Currie is Assistant Professor of Journalism (Online Journalism) at the