Erica Lenti was the Spring 2015 editor of the RRJ. RRJ scoops up four AEJMC awards
We’re pleased to announce that this year, the Review snagged four awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication to add to the magazine’s collection. Judges recognized the Spring 2015 issue, doling out a first-place award for Single Issue of an Ongoing Magazine (Editorial). This is the ninth time the Review has received the top prize in […]
Big wins for RRJ alum at 38th annual National Magazine Awards
Last night, some of the biggest names in Canada’s oh so tight-knit magazine community came out to celebrate the 38th annual National Magazine Awards. While the Review was not among those honoured this time around—and yes, we are holding out hope for some nominations next year—many former masthead members scooped up prizes. Maisonneuve won big last night with three […]
Mission Impossible
Or so Post doomsayers claim. Why Anne Marie Owens says they’re wrong
Or so Post doomsayers claim. Why Anne Marie Owens says they’re wrong
TEASER: Mission Impossible
Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.
Goodbye, Xtra
In July 2012 I reached out to Xtra, Toronto’s free gay and lesbian newspaper, in hopes of becoming an intern. Then-managing editor Danny Glenwright invited me up to the Pink Triangle Press offices and sifted through some of my clippings before asking his only question of the interview: “Why do you want to volunteer your time […]
Online 2015: KDN and KTW
While your reporter spoke to the two former editors of KDN, she put out what appears to be little effort to speak to anyone at KTW, where I work, other than to use one quote from editor Chris Fould which seems to have been taken completely out of context. A bit of research would have […]
Social media and television news: never the twain shall meet
After seven months on air, CTV's Kevin Newman Live gave up trying to bridge the gap between online interaction and traditional broadcast journalism
By: Erica Lenti It started with a shaky, selfie-angled smartphone shot. Kevin Newman, then 54, held his device up for the opening monologue of his new TV show the same way a teenager would at the club—arm raised, head slightly tilted. He then began the broadcast straight from his smartphone. The night’s top story, Newman […]
Robyn Doolittle hosts an AMA, inevitably receives stupid questions
Q: What happens when an internationally-recognized Canadian journalist who has written extensively on what is arguably the country’s biggest political scandal to date holds an online question-and-answer period? A: She receives a bunch of really, really stupid questions. Robyn Doolittle should be applauded for her efforts to connect with Torontonians on Reddit Tuesday after hosting […]
The Most Tales: Sarah Boesveld
Sarah Boesveld, general assignment reporter at the National Post, tells the Review about her embarrassing encounter with The Boss.
Summer 2012 Teaser: Bravissimo
Leah Wong talks about her upcoming profile “Bravissimo” in the Summer 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
