Spring 2014: Cropped
In the Spring 2014 issue, Marilee Devries explores the importance of the agriculture beat, and what coverage Canadians are missing.
Spring 2014: From Byline to Ballot Box
In the Spring 2014 issue, Graeme Bayliss sees fear and loathing on the campaign trail when journalists run for office.
Spring 2014: From the Ashes
In the Spring 2014 issue, Rebecca Melnyk explores disaster coverage, looking at the case of Lac-Mégantic.
Spring 2014: iWitness
Read Miro Rodriguez’s story about tools citizens use to record, share and make news. Available in the Spring 2014 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
Spring 2014: Michelle Shephard
Vibhu Gairola uncovers the story behind one of Canada’s most celebrated national security reporters.
Spring 2014: Robocalls
Read Lisa Coxon’s story about Glen McGregor and Stephen Maher, two Canadian journalists who unearthed one of the biggest political scandals in our nation’s history. Available in the Spring 2014 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
Spring 2014: Sally Armstrong
In the Spring 2014 issue, Aya Tsintziras explores what Sally Armstrong brought to Canadian women’s magazines.
Campus clampdown: student governments bully the papers that cover them
Journalists at schools across the country are under attack from the politicians who control their budgets
Last summer, Queen’s University’s The Journal ran a story on the renovation and rebranding of a money-losing campus pub. Two months later, the school’s student government pulled its ads—a large part of the paper’s revenue. The move was, according to co-editor-in-chief Alison Shouldice, “an extreme threat to the democracy of the student body on campus.” […]
