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Don’t Get Too Comfortable

Don’t Get Too Comfortable

Exclusion and inclusion in Canadian journalism

Exclusion and inclusion in Canadian journalism

 Alanna Kelly, Jennifer Joseph, Megan Matsuda

Cyber Trolls

You know they are out there – those evil keyboard people who comment on stories, tweet about you, or troll the internet leaving spiteful things sprinkled everywhere. Well, we’ve compiled some of the best ones about journalists and asked them to read them back for us, take a look:  

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TEASER: The Inside Man

TEASER: The Inside Man

Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine. Edited by Jennifer Joseph

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TEASER: The Harder They Fall

TEASER: The Harder They Fall

Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.

 Stephanie Girardi & Arielle Piat Sauvé

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office

When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office

 Daniel Rosen

I was the only writer left at Canada.com

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 […]

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Live blog: In conversation with Jesse Brown

Live blog: In conversation with Jesse Brown

After investigating Jian Ghomeshi, Jesse Brown and his podcast CANADALAND became a hit. On January 20, Brown speaks to Ryerson University about media criticism and holding journalists to account. Photo courtesy CANADALAND

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The Alumni Essentials: week of January 5

The Alumni Essentials: week of January 5

Hello? Is this thing on? We’re back in action (still nursing a New Year’s hangover) and ready to get things moving for 2015—much like these ambitious alumni who rang in the new year with fantastic pieces and jobs (*cough* show-offs). First up, Spring 2014 senior editor and trash organizer Luc Rinaldi profiled Canadian piano man […]

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Game Point

Game Point

This is an unpublished piece Obe originally wrote for Toronto Life Men’s Fashion in fall 1986. Toronto Life cut the supplement before the piece could make it to print. Freelance writer David Hayes read the piece at Obe’s wake. By Don Obe I’m looking sharp. I got my new stride pants on—24 inches at the knee and pegged […]

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PODCAST: Allegations of Jian Ghomeshi & the role of journalists covering sexual assault

We spoke with Celine Cooper from Montreal’s The Gazette, Scaachi Koul from Hazlitt, Robyn Urback from the National Post and Margaret Wente from The Globe and Mail about how the issues surrounding sexual assault, rape and abuse should be covered by journalists. Listen here:

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