Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Day is meant to commemorate the life and achievements of the famous civil rights leader. This day often provokes intense debate regarding what King actually stood for, as well as how much (or little) progress has been made in the fight against racism since King was assassinated. These debates often act as… Continue reading Canadian MLK Day reporting ignored King’s legacy
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Offleash Podcast: Indigenous reporting
Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m. In this week’s episode, Eternity, our multimedia editor, and guest host Laura Hensley, our departments editor, delve into the issues surrounding indigenous reporting. Stevie Cameron tells us about the process of writing her book, On the… Continue reading Offleash Podcast: Indigenous reporting
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Murder, they wrote wrongly
As the RRJ podcast crew got ready for this week’s episode on indigenous reporting in Canada, we knew it was impossible to talk about indigenous coverage without commenting on the largest serial killer investigation in Canadian history. Robert Pickton, a pig farmer from Port Coquitlam, Vancouver, had been raping and killing women, mostly from the… Continue reading Murder, they wrote wrongly
Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists
Dear Canadian journalists, It’s time we have a serious talk. Yes, you are in trouble. It’s not you, it’s the Paul Godfreys of the world. They have pushed a noble profession closer and closer to falling into a black void of unemployment and no value, the Mount Doom for our seemingly cursed pens (or keyboards, if… Continue reading Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists
Full Immersion
The streets of downtown Montreal are cluttered with protestors chanting, “Fuck the police!” Traces of the sun filter out from behind department store buildings as anti-capitalists rally for International Workers’ Day. Spectators capture footage of police spraying a thick cloud of tear gas into the crowd, which sends people running. Marie-Espérance Cerda interviews protestors and… Continue reading Full Immersion