You’re invited to our 2015 launch party!
After eight months of sweat, tears and thankfully no blood (but so many tears), we’re almost ready to release the Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism. So come out on Tuesday, March 24 to help us celebrate! It’s your chance to get your hands on the magazine, mingle with industry professionals and wannabes, […]
What’s in the public interest? The Snowden Archive
The small cooperative work space for journalism students at Ryerson was crowded with professors, working journalists, community members and the few j-schoolers who could squeeze in. Suddenly, U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on a large screen—the moment we were waiting for. I was prepared to live blog the event, but being a journalist, a thought […]
Journalism by the numbers
We talked to five journalists to find out the stories behind their weeks. It took hours of in-depth interviews to get to the real deep stuff like amount of sleep and social media habits, but it was worth it. Below is a report on our findings. Thanks to our guinea pigs who participated: Jamie Bradburn […]
I was the only writer left at Canada.com
Today’s blog is a guest post by fourth year Ryerson journalism student Daniel Rosen. When the layoffs happened, it didn’t really hit me until someone pointed out an orange. I poked my head over the partitions and saw a half-peeled orange sitting on a desk. One of the editors must have been peeling it before […]
Unpublishing
On February 21, the Toronto Star pulled its controversial Gardasil investigation offline after weeks of public backlash and outrage. A note from publisher John Cruickshank posted on February 20 said that while the paper remains “committed to this line of reporting, we have concluded that in this case our story treatment led to confusion between […]
Talking to athletes: a one-way conversation
I’ve spent three hours waiting under dimly lit lights in a silent hallway of the Air Canada Centre. Reporters are filtering in one at a time and not a single Toronto Raptor is in sight. Finally, the media relations manager comes out and announces the three names the organization has chosen for us—Amir Johnson, Jonas […]
Alumni Essentials: Week of February 23
We’re officially less than one week away from sending off our 2015 issue to print. But while you’re waiting for our work, you can read those we’ve birthed. We’ve got a couple of good ones this week. First up, Summer 2004 production editor Chris Jancelewicz is on his way to stardom with a lead role […]
Friday Funny: community news
Once again, we are reminded of the complicated stories often ignored by the mass media.
The clickbait standard
Almost everything exciting for journalists starts with an information leak. An off-the-record tip from an inside source. A comment overheard in what the speaker thought was a private conversation. An unverified claim made by a whistleblower. Right away, it’s the journalist’s job to prove that rumour true. Often we’re incapable of proving these rumours, at […]
The dangerous pride of the innumerate journalist
The following is a guest post from this year’s Review instructor Tim Falconer. “I suck at math—that’s why I went into journalism” has been a humblebrag since before the invention of the humblebrag. I heard people chortle about their mathematical incompetence back when I was a student and I still hear them laughing today. My reaction […]
