Simon Sung grew up reading Ming Pao. Mind you, that was in Hong Kong. Back then he never imagined he’d one day be heading the union, CEP Local 87-M, at the newspaper’s Toronto office. For more than a year, Ming Pao employees fought, first for a union, then for a contract. Sung, a 33-year-old graphic designer… Continue reading Ming Pao: Unionized At Last
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Ryerson Review of Journalism Fundraiser
The Ryerson Review of Journalism is celebrating its 30th anniversary with the release of its Summer 2013 issue. However, producing a magazine of professional quality comes with plenty of costs, from printing to art. While we receive tremendous support from the Ryerson School of Journalism, our generous advertisers, and our talented contributors, the current masthead… Continue reading Ryerson Review of Journalism Fundraiser
Battle of the Books
There have been plenty of Canadian TV shows in which contestants are showcased live on air, critiqued, and then voted off until a winner remains. Canadian Idol, So You Think You Can Dance Canada, and Canada’s Got Talent immediately come to mind. But, in only one of these shows are the contestants defending novels. CBC’s… Continue reading Battle of the Books
Tyler Brûlé On Making Magazines
If one thing has stuck with Tyler Brûlé, the founder of Wallpaper* and Monocle, it’s that digital media cannot do what print magazines can do. Brûlé doesn’t have Twitter, Facebook or any other social media. He doesn’t believe in online media at all and follows suit with his magazines. On January 29, the Canadian magazine mogul shared… Continue reading Tyler Brûlé On Making Magazines
The Quinoa Quandary
“The more you love quinoa, the more you hurt Peruvians and Bolivians,” read the headline on a recent piece by Globe and Mail reporter Amy Verner. Whether you consider yourself a quinoa lover or not, this headline might come as quite a shock. Quinoa, which has been called the “miracle grain of the Andes” and is… Continue reading The Quinoa Quandary