Ricochet hasn’t changed Canadian journalism, but it’s worth having around
The crowdfunded adversarial publication seeks to offer an alternative in the Canadian journalism landscape
Ricochet launched on October 2, 2014, with a lofty goal: to build a model of journalism that serves public instead of corporate interests. Just over a year later Ricochet is still around, and while it’s nowhere near accomplishing all of its goals, it’s a valuable addition to the Canadian media landscape. The publication is comprised […]
Bending the Rules
Now that Worn Fashion Journal has ceased publication, can fashion magazines continue to analyze the industry?
As a studio arts, fibres and material practices student at Montreal’s Concordia University and having worked in the fashion industry, Serah-Marie McMahon wasn’t able to find the insightful fashion writing she craved as a reader. While skimming through newsstands, she found nothing she could relate to in traditional fashion magazines. So she created Worn Fashion […]
Where the Wild Things Are
Cute clickbait may still dominate our newsfeeds, but serious animal journalism is rising to the surface
Cute clickbait may still dominate our newsfeeds, but serious animal journalism is rising to the surface
Don’t let the pretty pictures fool you: journalists need to take care with infographics
Audiences may think images are more objective than words, but both can be riddled with bias
By Allison Elkin Three heat maps with the accompanying titles “Our Sites’ Users,” “Subscribers to Martha Stewart Living” and “Consumers of Furry Pornography” look exactly the same to the untrained eye. The subjects seems to be directly related. But they’re not—maps purporting to show user data or subscribers with multi-coloured blobs are sometimes just regular […]
Cyber Trolls
You know they are out there – those evil keyboard people who comment on stories, tweet about you, or troll the internet leaving spiteful things sprinkled everywhere. Well, we’ve compiled some of the best ones about journalists and asked them to read them back for us, take a look:
TEASER: Breaking Bad
Here is a sneak peek at the cover story of our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.
TEASER: The Inside Man
Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine. Edited by Jennifer Joseph
TEASER: The Harder They Fall
Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.
