Aimee O'Connor

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Aimee was the head of research for the Review's 2015 masthead.

Where the Wild Things Are

Cute clickbait may still dominate our newsfeeds, but serious animal journalism is rising to the surface

Aimee O'Connor
April 2, 2015

TEASER: Where the Wild Things Are

Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015… https://rrj.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/AIMEETEASER.mp4Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | RSS

Aimee O'Connor
March 18, 2015

Blog

A mugshot is worth one thousand words

My professor had just started her lecture on semiotics and the implications…

Aimee O'Connor
February 17, 2015

Kamloops no longer has a daily paper, but it’s no town without news

By Aimee O’Connor With a ceremonial click of a button, Mel Rothenburger,…

Aimee O'Connor
January 13, 2015

Ryerson Review

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From our Spring 2019 issue, visual editor @itsMaddie_C explores the ‘hidden history of the North’ as media accounta… https://t.co/L4YwS2BNuf

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Looking for design inspiration in the new year? Our social media editor @sabina_s12 reflected on the last decade of… https://t.co/cxHpWQ5HRL

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Chuck Klosterman’s Analysis of a Finished TV Show for a Defunct Website

The RRJ recommends you read Chuck Klosterman’s meditation on “Mad Men” protagonist Don Draper, “A New Don,” written for the now... Read more →

The Award-Winning Canadian Documentary, Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr

The RRJ recommends that you watch Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr released in 2015, and directed by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard.... Read more →

Two Long Takes From Jimmy Breslin

The RRJ recommends you read “A Death In Emergency Room One” and “A Part of Cop’s Past Lies Dead” by the... Read more →

Kathryn Schulz’s “When Things Go Missing”

The RRJ recommends you read “When Things Go Missing” by Kathryn Schulz, from the Feb. 13, 2017 issue of The New Yorker.... Read more →

Alison Motluk’s “Uncommon Ancestry”

The best health stories are about empathy, about seeing clearly that all that separates you, the reader, from the story’s... Read more →