Max Mertens

The Most Tales: Bethany Horne

The Most Tales: Bethany Horne

OpenFile Halifax news curator Bethany Horne discusses the most difficult part about starting up the site in this Eastern Canadian city.

 Max Mertens

Atlantic Coasting

Atlantic Coasting

For three decades, CTV Atlantic's beloved suppertime combo of Live at 5 and News at Six has dominated Maritime ratings. But for how long?

CORRECTION: The published print version of this story—and the version that originally appeared on this site and was recently unpublished—said that CTV Atlantic was shut out in the major television categories at the 2010 Atlantic Journalism Awards. In fact, CTV Atlantic did not enter the Journalism Atlantic Awards. The Ryerson Review of Journalism regrets the error and […]

 Max Mertens

Covering 9/11: Now and Then

Covering 9/11: Now and Then

Where were you on September 11, 2001, when you heard the news? I remember it as clearly as if it was yesterday. I was walking home from school with my two younger brothers and we found my father watching the little black and white television in our kitchen. It only picked up three channels—two if […]

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RRJ wins six AEJMC awards

RRJ wins six AEJMC awards

The Ryerson Review of Journalism recently won six awards in the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) student magazine contest, including the Winter 2011 issue finishing first place in the Single Issue of an Ongoing Print Magazine category. The rest of the winners, as well as links to their stories, are as […]