Miro Rodriguez was the Display Editor for the Spring 2014 issue of Ryerson Review of Journalism. Caught on Camera: How citizen video told Sammy Yatim’s story
When a cop shot and killed a Toronto teenager, a bystander captured it on his iPhone—and changed the way journalists cover police shootings
By Miro Rodriguez Martin Baron walked home from a late dinner with his wife and son on a warm July night in Toronto, he saw what appeared to be an empty streetcar stopped in the middle of the road. Brushing it off as just broken down, the family continued walking. Suddenly, police officers ran toward […]
Where’s the recognition for Canadian tweeters?
By Miro Rodriguez Image via Twitter Canada. Now more than ever, people turn to Twitter to get quick updates about the world around them. They check the app during their commute to work, or while waiting for their latte—whenever they have a spare moment to feed their curiosity. Twitter has become crucial to a company’s branding […]
Fade to black: Is it over for the newspaper film critic?
Times are tough for those who write about movies for a living. Their numbers are dwindling while the internet is full of amateur reviewers. And that’s bad news for the pros and their readers
By Miro Rodriguez Peter Howell celebrated his 13th birthday at Toronto’s Glendale Cinerama in 1969 watching 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s still his favourite movie. The next year, he used the money he earned delivering the Toronto Telegram to buy a book called The Making of Kubrick’s 2001. “Whatever early instinct I had to be a movie critic was […]
