Sallot teaching students to tell digital stories

Jeff Sallot, former BJ reporter, is teaching media students at Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication in Ottawa how to be reporters in the digital age.

 

Jeff Sallot

The Kent State graduate assigns third-year students a neighborhood to cover. They hand in at least 20 photos and 2 minutes of audio and tell the story.

During his brief time at the Beacon-Journal (1969-71) Jeff had a key role in reporting on the 1970 death of 4 KSU students and the wounding of 9 others by the Ohio National Guard which led to one of the BJ’s four Pulitzer Prizes under the dynamic leadership of Pat Englehart.

Jeff went to the Toronto Star after leaving Ol’ Blue, where he met wife Rosemarie Boyle, also a journalist. Later, they both worked for the Toronto Globe and Mail for 32 years, including Jeff’s time at the Moscow bureau.

He retired from the Globe to join the Carleton faculty. Rosemarie is with an agency that promotes foreign trade which takes her to such places as Asia and Africa.

Jeff and Rosemarie have been married for four decades. They live in Ottawa, Rosemarie’s hometown. They have two children. Jeff has another child from a previous marriage.