Investintech – CAJ Journalism Scholarship Winner for 2021 – 2022 Is Announced!

Investintech - CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship Winner for 2022

It’s been three years since we launched the Investintech – CAJ Journalism Scholarship, and we’re still uncovering all the hidden gems and budding talent you can expect to see in the upcoming future of journalism. We’ve come across a lot of talent through our scholarship contest. 

Our Selection Jury has taken a look at all the eligible submissions and have picked out the winning recipient of the third annual Investintech – CAJ Journalism Scholarship. The 2021-2022 winner is: 

Continue reading →

Investintech – CAJ Journalism Scholarship Winner for 2020 -2021 Is Announced!

Investintech – CAJ Journalism Scholarship 2020 -2021 Winner Announced!

Since we launched the open call for the second annual Investintech – CAJ Journalism Scholarship back in October, there have been many disruptions and regional lock down restrictions put on students and educational institutions. 

The COVID pandemic has made it harder for students to focus, study, and keep the same levels of academic achievement. Despite that, Canadian and journalism students have still managed to work hard in defining the next level of journalism with their 2020-2021 scholarship submissions. From this year’s pool, the Selection Jury were able to pick out a winning submission. 

Continue reading →

Annual Investintech-CAJ Journalism Scholarship for 2020-2021 is Now Open

Data journalism student looking for a scholarship online

The annual Investintech – CAJ Data Journalism Scholarship contest is now open for the 2020 – 2021 academic year!

Established in 2019, our scholarship contest is aimed at Canadian students who are interested in data journalism.

We know that technical know-how and journalism skills are sometimes not enough to make it when you need to finance, build, and develop your career and network at the same time. Well, this scholarship is meant to help you, as a future budding journalist, fill every single one of those needs.

Here’s how.

Continue reading →

How to Get the Most out of Virtual Tech Conferences

Virtual tech conferences

The impact of social distancing and restrictions due to the COVID pandemic can’t be underestimated. With tech events being organized a year in advance by both event organizers and event-goers alike, everyone is adjusting and pivoting to make things work where possible.

While some conferences had to be cancelled, other events have been postponed to go virtual, which undoubtedly makes for a very different and challenging experience. 

We recently covered a few tools to help students with remote learning, so we decided to take a look at some tips for professionals who are attending virtual conferences this year, as well.

Below are a few suggestions that can help you navigate and get the most out of virtual tech conferences.

Continue reading →

How To Convert Scanned PDF to Searchable PDF

How to convert scanned PDF to searchable PDF file

When you work with digital documents you need to be able to manipulate and interact with the content as needed whether it be for editing, annotating or just simply viewing the pages.

Part of working with large documents also means being able to navigate through them and locate the information or data you need. Usually, you won’t need the entire contents of a file, but just a specific part of a long document. 

If you work with lengthy scanned PDFs, though, this can pose a problem. As you know, scanned PDFs are just images of textual content and hence, the content can’t be used in any effective way. 

Continue reading →