This is a joint byline for the Ryerson Review of Journalism. All content is produced by students in their final year of the graduate or undergraduate program at the Ryerson School of Journalism.
March 10, 2011
Ana Balmazovic
Newsroom Tour: Toronto Star
We pay a visit to the currently under-renovation Toronto Star, home of Canada's largest newsroom. Don't mind the ladders.
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The Toronto Star headquarters can be found at the beginning of Canada’s arterial route, Yonge Street.
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A little piece of history greets visitors to the building: a Linotype Machine circa 1964.
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The wall of Star front page fame: One of the mounted pages featuring the headline that branded Charles Joseph “Joe” Clark when he won leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1976.
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“The hub”—where the Star departments gather for general news meetings.
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A more classical approach to deciphering what can and can’t be done with electronic page enhancements—sticky notes.
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Where designers and copy editors build pages for the following day.
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Star reporters lose limbs for stories?
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Star photographer Jim Rankin’s personal museum of equipment he has used throughout his career (minus the typewriter). Hopefully the “easy” button proved to be useful as the commercials make it out to be.
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Even the desk of a Star entertainment reporter is entertaining.
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The soon to be new-and-improved sports department of the Star.
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“One day (inserted edit: Everyday) in the Star photo department.”
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The Star’s full test kitchen, used to try recipes before publication. Star reporters savour tomatoes cooked in Chinese sweetened vinegar as a chef from Hong Kong schools them on hybrid Chinese-Canadian cuisine.
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Award-winning Star photographs line the walls of the hallway.
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Due to construction, this is how a Star reporters learn where their new desk is situated and when they can claim it.
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The “antique area”, also known as the Star travel department, still features pre-renovation carpets and desks.
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The travel reference books Star reporters don`t use since they turn to the internet for current information.
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By the time the tour was over a meeting had commenced in “the hub”—that was quick.
This is a joint byline for the Ryerson Review of Journalism. All content is produced by students in their final year of the graduate or undergraduate program at the Ryerson School of Journalism.
