Bruce Gillespie

Best TA ever!

terrific prof. great organization and humour; he's extremely helpful and approachable. Building block assignments were great. Definitely knows what he's takling about. He's still a great help even if you're out of his class. 2 thumbs up.

Truly amazing, inspirational professor

bruce made me want to go into magazine. he is passionate about his field and clearly knows what he's talking about. he marks hard but then again you shouldn't go to jskool only for marks. it's what you learn and i definitely learned a lot from this prof. he let us work for our features in advance unlike other classes.

He gave really good insight into the magazine industry; about how much you can expect to make etcetc. Good building block assignments. He is a fairly hard marker, but then again so were all my J-profs. Great sense of humour. Approachable - in a polite way.

I loved Bruce. On a completely individual level, he is fantastic. On a comparative level, he is even better when I hear some of the horror/lacklustre stories of other Feature Writing teachers. I miss Bruce in third year already. He truly wants every student to be a highly-skilled professional. And he's sooo funny.

Very organized, nice and funny. Great "building block" assignments and in-class activities that definitely help you with your writing skills. Interesting industry info almost any class. Will answer any questions you have about feature writing. Rewards attention to details he mentioned in class with high marks.

Although not extremely easy, he marks fairly. I enjoy his humour in the class, and he is extremely helpful when you need help during assignments. I like the fact we got to choose our own feature writing topics (unlike the other classes), and explore them ourselves. He really allows us to grow and a be a freelance journalist. I enjoyed his class.

Can be a bit moody, and marks hard, but the freelance course will provide some insight to people that want to work in the field. You can fight for your marks, but I found it doesn't really change the situation. The biggest problem with the course was the constant flow of boring presentations about different magazines open to freelancers.

This guy taught me that it's less about informing the audience, and more about what sells. Which may be true, but is disappointing none the less. His mood swings are like Jeckel and Hyde, and his marking is unforgiving. Be prepared to fight for marks. The only journalism prof I know who makes students submit articles (and queries) to turnitin.com