Melissa Kim was the Production Editor for the Summer 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. The Latest: Newspapers Mar. 8
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Canadian Newspapers Holding Their Own Despite Doubts A couple weeks ago, the Toronto Star’s David Olive reported newspapers are not only still profitable, but also readership is at record levels. In fact, StatsCan said the pre-tax profit margin for Canadian newspapers last year averaged out to be 9.9 per cent, and 77 per cent of Canadian adults read […]
The Must List: Trevor Cole
An exclusive, ongoing RRJ series featuring leading Canadian journalists and their top picks for pieces every journalist “must read,” “must watch” and “must listen” to before they die.
TODAY: writer Trevor Cole Trevor Cole specializes in long-form magazine stories, having been a magazine editor at the Globe & Mail, a senior staff writer at Report on Business magazine, and writer for Toronto Life magazine. He has written three novels: Norman Bray in the Performance of his Life (2004), The Fearsome Particles (2006), and Practical Jean (2010). Janet Malcolm: “The Journalist and the Murderer” (The New Yorker, 1989) […]
The Latest: Newspapers Feb. 15
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At 12:25 p.m. on February 11, the biggest breaking news worldwide was of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. In that moment, not only was the news consistent within the national and local newspapers’ websites, but also the accompanying photograph. Photographer Suhaib Salem’s Reuters picture of a crowd of enthralled men in Egypt was canvassed—to give […]
The Must List: Craig Silverman
THE “MUST” LIST An exclusive, ongoing RRJ series featuring leading Canadian journalists and their top picks for pieces every journalist “must read,” “must watch” and “must listen” to before they die.
TODAY: journalist and author Craig Silverman Craig Silverman is the digital journalism director at OpenFile.ca, as well as managing editor of PBS MediaShift. He also writes a weekly column for the Columbia Journalism Review. He has written two books: Regret the Error published in 2007, and Mafiaboy, a memoir which he co-wrote with the book’s subject Micahel Calcep published […]
