Category: Blog

For some of us, journalism is a calling that we realized from the moment we could string words into sentences. For others, this moment of realization—the light bulb going on in our heads—was somewhat delayed. In a post that appeared in The Huffington Post’s High School section earlier this week, 17-year-old Jack Davis recalled the moment he first… Continue reading The “Aha Moment” with Journalism

Ladies’ Home Journal is taking open journalism one step further: to the magazine world. The publication announced on January 10 that its content will soon be written almost entirely by readers.   Pros: • Majority of the staff still keep their jobs, now working as fact-checks and helping develop the readers’ stories. • Readers will be paid professional… Continue reading Ladies’ Home Journal now written by the reader

CORRECTION: The original blog post said that ten years ago, the Review asked Mair to write a guest column. In fact, this incident occurred in 2004 despite what Mair indicates in “Free Speech, Censorship, and Why Ryerson’s Journalism Program Can Go F#@k Itself.” The Ryerson Review of Journalism regrets the error. — “I understand only too well.” The words burned… Continue reading Maired: My Rumble with Rafe

TORONTO—Foodies throughout the city are scrambling for their recipe books after a surprise delivery of an American delicacy landed on street corners in the early morning of September 28. The Onion, a distant, saltier relative of the herald, the bugle and the gazette, has never been cultivated in Canada. Although it is often unfairly associated… Continue reading American Delicacy The Onion Arrives In Canada

In response to a Government of Quebec report that suggested some journalists be given a professional title, The Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) released a statement arguing that the proposal would infringe upon the freedom of the press. The proposed legislation is designed to help the public distinguish between amateurs and those “serving the public interest” and to fight… Continue reading CAJ responds to Quebec’s proposal for “professional” titles for journalists