Megan Jones was the Editor for the Spring 2014 issue of Ryerson Review of Journalism. Mental health: why journalists don’t get help in the workplace
Reporters are finally telling empathetic stories about depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses, but newsroom culture keeps journalists’ own struggles in the dark.
By Megan Jones In the early afternoon, fear crept in and drove Dave Seglins back to bed. Now he’s coming undone. He lies still, held by terror, unable to roll over, let alone get up and do something besides think, think, think. The outside world continues to move around him, but Seglins doesn’t notice. All […]
Journalism’s empty calories: why some personal essays leave us feeling guilty
When writers turn to their own lives for subject matter, they can make a quick buck and save editors time and hassle. But what about readers?
One of Hazlitt’s most popular pieces is also one of its most hated. Last July, the Random House of Canada online publication ran “How to make love in America,” a 3,619-word personal account by Sarah Nicole Prickett about her transience in her 20s. The piece had no interviews, no research and no original reporting. It […]
