Summer 2011 teasers: How Designers Think
The anatomy of a redesign
A publication makeover is a time-consuming, frustrating and rewarding process. Last fall, The Globe and Mail underwent a visual evolution. Some readers loved it, many hated it. Raylene Knutson explores the anatomy of a newspaper redesign. Check out the whole story in the upcoming issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which launches May 4 […]
Summer 2011 teaser: Anchors
What does it mean for Canada's two most-watched nightly news programs to have new faces behind the desk?
Now that Dawna Friesen has been anchoring Global National since the fall of last year and with Lisa LaFlamme replacing Lloyd Robertson on CTV News in the next few months, Jenna Wootton asks the question : Do anchors still matter? Check out the RRJ Summer 2011 cover story in print or online in the coming […]
Summer 2011 teaser: Branded!
Branding can sometimes bring more fame and more work, what is the downside?
Branding isn’t just for big corporations anymore. Nowadays, journalists are cultivating personal brands to attract larger audiences and to stand out amid all the noise. But even though branding can sometimes bring more fame and more work, what is the downside? Today on our podcast, Kristen Chamberlain speaks to host Samantha Edwards about her RRJ […]
Summer 2011 teaser: Vice magazine
The story of how the infamous counter-culture mag went from local troublemaker to global brand.
Over the past 15 years, VICE magazine has matured and expanded into an international brand with serious corporate investment and advertising. Along the way it has been a source for some surprisingly great and cutting journalism, but maybe that was the plan from day one. Stephen Baldwin investigates.
Summer 2011 teaser: Robert Reguly’s big scoop
The story of how a legendary Canadian journalist found the woman everyone was looking for.
It’s 1966 and late Toronto Star reporter Robert Reguly is put on the hunt for Gerda Munsinger, a German call girl and suspected KGB operative who was linked with several ministers in Prime Minister John Diefenbaker’s cabinet. Raylene Knutson got the story of how he tracked her down in Munich and broke the story of […]
Summer 2011 teaser: Sarah Hampson
Profiling the profiler
Sarah Hampson is an award-winning journalist best known for her clever columns in The Globe and Mail. Dominique Lamberton spoke with host Samantha Edwards about Hampson’s 18-year career and the experience of profiling the profiler. Check out the whole story in the upcoming issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, which launches May 4 at […]
Summer 2011 teaser: Arts Critics
So you want to be a critic? The pros weigh in.
It’s hard out there for an arts critic. The esteemed opinions of legacy media critics are competing with the voices – and occasional rants – of citizen bloggers and fan tweeters. But who stands to be heard? Is there room for both in future of arts criticism? Ava Baccari’s feature in the Summer issue of […]
Summer 2011 teaser: Social Media
The National Post gambles on a bigger and broader online presence.
Kevin Hamilton investigates how a major daily newspaper is embracing social media. Look for the story in the Summer 2011 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, launching on May 4 at Tequila Bookworm in Toronto.
Branded
How do I make my reputation as big as I can? A young journalist looks into the wisdom of branding
It was November 2006 and I sat in my high school’s library as a university representative lectured a group of bored Grade 12 students about the importance of post-secondary education. I knew I was going to university. Both my parents had degrees, my brother was about to graduate, and to avoid that dreaded “black sheep” […]
Pros vs. Joes
Updated January 23, 2010, 8:24 p.m. Fenced in by wire and concrete, guarded by thousands of police officers dressed in riot gear with gas masks and shields, G20 leaders gathered inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at the end of June for their fourth summit. Police had already made 32 G20- related arrests in the […]
