Why did this Toronto Sun columnist single out a Review editor?
It’s always nice to get a little press—but not if it means one of our staff is singled out for groundless abuse. The Review’s blog this year has taken on controversial issues. Under the skillful handling of blog editors Fatima Syed and Davide Mastracci, we’ve critiqued coverage of tragedies in Beirut and Paris, questioned journalists’ […]
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How to Sell a Magazine in Three Seconds or Less
We talked to top editors about what goes into crafting an issue’s first impression and if it still even matters
For seven years, Toronto Life editor Sarah Fulford has seen the glossy covers of her magazine go through a demanding selection process before hitting newsstands. Since the editorial and art direction teams, as well as the publisher, are involved, the final version is often the result of many revisions and even late changes. The May […]
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: Keeping it Reel
Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.
PODCAST: Conflict of Interest
In lieu of recent events around Leslie Roberts and Amanda Lang, we spoke with CAJ president Hugo Rodrigues, National Post journalist Tristin Hopper and PR specialist and co-founder of On Q Communications, Tanya Dodaro about conflict of interest and if and when journalism becomes PR.
Game Point
This is an unpublished piece Obe originally wrote for Toronto Life Men’s Fashion in fall 1986. Toronto Life cut the supplement before the piece could make it to print. Freelance writer David Hayes read the piece at Obe’s wake. By Don Obe I’m looking sharp. I got my new stride pants on—24 inches at the knee and pegged […]
Sketches of Obe
A digital wake of salutes and stories for the Review founder, pioneer of Canadian literary journalism and rebellious spirit
Don Obe 1936-2014 No better magazine editor ever put pencil to paper than Don Obe. And that’s when he would have stopped me. “Awkward sentence, Paul,” he would have said. “And what kind of pencil? Short? Stubby? 2B? HB? Eraser? Details, Paul, details.” I met Don at this time of year in 1961 […]
The Most Tales: Sarah Boesveld
Sarah Boesveld, general assignment reporter at the National Post, tells the Review about her embarrassing encounter with The Boss.
Summer 2012 Teaser: Bravissimo
Leah Wong talks about her upcoming profile “Bravissimo” in the Summer 2012 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism.
