Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism’s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m.

In this week’s episode—the final episode of this year’s masthead—senior editor Viviane Fairbank and multimedia editor Allison Baker discuss a new career option: becoming a politician.

Patrice Dutil, a politics professor (with some journalistic insight), weighs in. There is also talk of the Review‘s launch party on Monday, March 21. We hope to see you all there!

Offleash, the Review’s podcast created by senior editor Viviane Fairbank and multimedia editors Allison Baker and Eternity Martis, is now on iTunes.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism’s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m. In this week’s episode, our editor Kat Eschner and senior editor Viviane Fairbank discuss the intricacies of writing about technology.

Matt Braga, a freelance writer formerly with Motherboard, and Claire Brownell of the Financial Post join us in studio to talk about headlines, Reddit and love.

Offleash, the Review’s podcast created by senior editor Viviane Fairbank and multimedia editors Allison Baker and Eternity Martis, is now on iTunes.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism’s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m. (with the exception of today—we’re a few days early to make it on time for Valentine’s Day listeners).

In this week’s episode, our multimedia editors Eternity and Allison discuss all things journalism and love.

Dan Westell and Kimberley Noble, two journalists who are married to each other, talk about when they first met and their tips for dating a fellow reporter. And Marina Adshade, an economist and author, discusses the complex relationship between love and the economy.

Later in the show, Eternity speaks with Laura Hensley, departments editor, and Davide Mastracci, blog editor, about writing about their love lives. There is also talk of secret admirers.

Offleash, the Review’s podcast created by senior editor Viviane Fairbank and multimedia editors Allison Baker and Eternity Martis, is now on iTunes.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m.

In this week’s episode, Viviane, our senior editor, and guest host and RRJ copy editor Jonah Brunet, talk about the recent Postmedia job cuts and other job losses in the industry. Co-host Allison Baker joins Offleash to talk about her upcoming feature for the spring 2016 issue of the Review and the loss of photojournalists in newsrooms. Departments editor Laura Hensley also talks about her feature and the fine line between beat reporting and general assignment tasks for young reporters in shrinking newsrooms. Our guests this week answer one tough question: will we be okay?

Offleash, the Review’s podcast created by senior editor Viviane Fairbank and multimedia editors Allison Baker and Eternity Martis, is now on iTunes.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m.

In this week’s episode, Eternity, our multimedia editor, and guest host Laura Hensley, our departments editor, delve into the issues surrounding indigenous reporting. Stevie Cameron tells us about the process of writing her book, On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and Vancouver’s Missing Women. Laura Heidenheim, a third-year Radio and Television Arts student at Ryerson, speaks to us about her documentary, The Memory Projects: Sonya Cywink, which focuses on reframing the perception of missing and murdered indigenous women. And later, our very own Erin Sylvester tells us about travelling to Peawanuck to research her story for the 2016 issue of the Review.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m.

In this week’s episode, Allison, our multimedia editor, and Viviane, senior editor, team up to cover a controversial topic: math…and journalism. The Review’s instructor Tim Falconer makes a guest appearance to talk about his 2014 blog post “The dangerous pride of the innumerate journalist” and his newest book Bad Singer: The Surprising Science of Tone Deafness and How We Hear Music.” The Financial Post‘s Peter Kuitenbrouwer talks about processing numbers in his feature the Maple Syrup Rebellion. And later on in the show Stephanie, our production editor, interviews Siobhan Roberts, a science journalist and well-established author who writes about math and mathematicians. Her writing has been described as “expanding the public’s view of mathematics.”

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m.

In this week’s episode, Eternity, our multimedia editor, hosts the Offleash podcast solo, and it’s all about sex. She speaks with Kate Sloan, a sex journalist who recently published an article in Maisonneuve about female ejaculation, about the Canadian sex journalism industry, and what it means to report on sex. Later on in the show, Stephanie, our production editor, makes a guest appearance as she interviews Simone Paget, a sex blogger at skinnydip.ca from Victoria, BC.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m.

In this week’s episode of RRJ’s Offleash, Viviane and Allison speak to Alex Gillis, who recently made news in the journalism industry after his story was killed then used by The Walrus. We also interview Derek Finkle from the Canadian Writer’s Group about the different kinds of kill fees, and RRJ alumna and freelancer Carly Lewis about her experiences with kill fees and story theft.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t

Offleash is the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m. In this second episode, hosts Viviane, Eternity, and Allison speak to Rudy Lee, a freelance fact checker in New York, and Veronica Maddocks, head of research at Toronto Life, about the current state of fact checking in Canada and their checking horror stories.

Music courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. Find his music here: @a-f-l-o-a-t