Phones can’t be off limits
Reporters beware: Pierre Karl Péladeau doesn’t like it when you call his phone. The media magnate blasted La Presse political correspondent Denis Lessard on Twitter and again in a PQ caucus meeting after the reporter called Péladeau’s personal cell phone number. According to the Montreal Gazette, Péladeau criticized Lessard, saying, “Denis Lessard has no business […]
The Alumni Essentials: last year’s crew
Schools love to throw out statistics about their recent graduates’ employment rates. As a student run publication, the current Review masthead members are often caught worrying about their future after graduation (when they’re not worrying about their current work). Luckily—as many universities love to claim—we’ve got a pretty good track record. We’ve showcased some excellent journalism from former Review writers […]
The Don Obe Memorial Fund
A memorial fund has been set up in Don Obe’s name to provide emergency assistance for Ryerson journalism students in need. You can donate to it here. As the funding page states, Don died as he lived: on his own terms. He began and ended his career at Ryerson, first studying and then teaching. He served […]
Friday Funny: Snapchat and security
Each Friday, summer 2012 senior online editor Matt Braga publishes .digest—a newsletter covering privacy, security and surveillance issues. While these subjects may seem intimidating for some (why can’t I find Silk Road on a map?), he distills complicated documents or subjects into a few, easy-to-understand lines, like Snapchat’s new privacy policy: Thanks to Shane […]
CBC’s latest layoffs
CBC is downsizing, once again, and there’s no plan to stop. The broadcaster’s latest strategy includes reducing the workforce about 25 percent by 2020. CBC estimates that 1,000 to 1,500 jobs will be lost over the next five years. This is in addition to eliminating 657 jobs because of a $130-million cut announced earlier this year. Before cuts, […]
Friday Funny: living in space
Interstellar is one of the biggest box office hits of the year. There’s nothing we like more than the thought of living out in space someday—but does the science behind the movie hold up in real life? Review alumnus Jordan Ginsberg took it upon himself to find out. His feature, below: Thanks Jordan for being funny, […]
Can journalists help their wrongly imprisoned colleagues?
Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy has now been in an Egyptian jail for 319 days. He was arrested along with fellow Al Jazeera reporters Baher Mohamed and Peter Greste in December 2013, under trumped up charges of spreading false news and aiding the Muslim Brotherhood, an outlawed organization. All three are now sitting in prison just for […]
Vice is officially mainstream
Vice Media Inc. has teamed up with Rogers Communications Inc. to create a Canadian studio and TV channel. The $100 million joint venture will include a Vice Canada studio based in Toronto, producing a news channel that will sync with mobile and online content. Vice has been working its way into young adults’ minds since […]
Alumni Essentials: week of November 9
Is Monday slowly becoming your favourite day of the week? Is it difficult to sleep Sunday night because you’re so excited? We can’t blame you and we apologize. Now it’s finally time for your weekly fix. Here’s our favourite latest pieces of work from Review alumni. First, winter 2012 editor Haley Cullingham delves into the extremely popular podcast, Serial, […]
Legacy of a Legend
This is a special guest post about Don Obe, the founder of the Review, by Tim Falconer, the current instructor on the Review. Don Obe died yesterday. He was an old newspaperman, so I hope he would appreciate a lede without euphemism or bullshit. But he was best known as one of the most influential […]
