After eight months of sweat, tears and thankfully no blood (but so many tears), we’re almost ready to release the Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. So come out on Tuesday, March 24 to help us celebrate! It’s your chance to get your hands on the magazine, mingle with industry professionals and wannabes,… Continue reading You’re invited to our 2015 launch party!
Category: Blog
What’s in the public interest? The Snowden Archive
The small cooperative work space for journalism students at Ryerson was crowded with professors, working journalists, community members and the few j-schoolers who could squeeze in. Suddenly, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on a large screen—the moment we were waiting for. I was prepared to live blog the event, but being a journalist, a thought… Continue reading What’s in the public interest? The Snowden Archive
Journalism by the numbers
We talked to five journalists to find out the stories behind their weeks. It took hours of in-depth interviews to get to the real deep stuff like amount of sleep and social media habits, but it was worth it. Below is a report on our findings. Thanks to our guinea pigs who participated: Jamie Bradburn… Continue reading Journalism by the numbers
I was the only writer left at Canada.com
Today’s blog is a guest post by fourth year Ryerson journalism student Daniel Rosen. When the layoffs happened, it didn’t really hit me until someone pointed out an orange. I poked my head over the partitions and saw a half-peeled orange sitting on a desk. One of the editors must have been peeling it before… Continue reading I was the only writer left at Canada.com
Unpublishing
On February 21, the Toronto Star pulled its controversial Gardasil investigation offline after weeks of public backlash and outrage. A note from publisher John Cruickshank posted on February 20 said that while the paper remains “committed to this line of reporting, we have concluded that in this case our story treatment led to confusion between… Continue reading Unpublishing