Viviane Fairbank

Offleash Podcast: Journalists-turned-politicians

Offleash Podcast: Journalists-turned-politicians

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 […]

 Viviane Fairbank

Offleash Podcast: Tech writing

Offleash Podcast: Tech writing

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 […]

 Fatima Syed

Why are we still talking about diversity?

Why are we still talking about diversity?

“Is it Fateeema?” asked two editors interviewing me in a boardroom much too big for a three-person meeting. I tried to impress them with three story ideas: something about transit, something about local politics and something about immigration. They asked follow-up questions about the third one—How did I think of the story? What are the main issues? […]

 Eternity Martis

20 Black Canadian journalists to celebrate this month (and every month!)

20 Black Canadian journalists to celebrate this month (and every month!)

20 Black Canadian journalists to celebrate this month (and every month!) For Black History Month, we compiled a list of reporters who’ve made significant contributions to Canadian journalism. While many are well-known, others are doing substantial work that must be recognized. If there’s a journalist we missed, please contact us and we’ll add him or […]

 Jonah Brunet

On the edge of ethics

On the edge of ethics

Most journalists agree that native advertising is a moral void. But in order to boost revenue, the Globe tries to strike the right balance with Globe Edge

In the summer of 2014, The Globe and Mail narrowly avoided an editorial staff strike over native advertising—the practice of working with advertisers to create ads that resemble journalism. A leaked memo from Globe management to the paper’s union proposed a system in which editorial staff would write for advertisers, compromising, in the minds of many Globe reporters, […]

 Eternity Martis

Offleash Podcast: Valentine’s Day special

Offleash Podcast: Valentine’s Day special

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 […]

 Fatima Syed

What’s most important for the Review’s future? You

What’s most important for the Review’s future? You

A note to readers from Ivor Shapiro, chair, Ryerson School of Journalism, and publisher of the Review

Dear readers, After more than a year of questions and discussion about the future of the Ryerson Review of Journalism, our plan’s building blocks are in place. It will be an audience-focused, audience-driven, audience-supported multiplatform magazine brand that continues to include an annual print edition, plus much more. By audience, we mean you. But first, […]

 Fatima Syed

Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists

Op-ed: Dear Canadian journalists

It's time to take action

Dear Canadian journalists, It’s time we have a serious talk. Yes, you are in trouble. It’s not you, it’s the Paul Godfreys of the world. They have pushed a noble profession closer and closer to falling into a black void of unemployment and no value, the Mount Doom for our seemingly cursed pens (or keyboards, if […]

 Fatima Syed

The rise of the reader

The rise of the reader

In the ecosystem of the web, readers and journalists are now co-dependent species—a relationship we're still trying to grapple with

The former hierarchies of the journalism industry have crumbled by the weight of the digital realm, to be replaced by blurry parallel relations between journalists and readers. The result is evident in the record 10,600 readers who participated in the Toronto Star‘s annual “You be the editor” survey. Administered by the Star’s public editor, Kathy English, the “highly unscientific, […]

 Fatima Syed

Zoom away

Zoom away

In the name of news, journalism continues to toe the fine line between reporting and intruding

The sound of clicking cameras was the underlying soundtrack for all the heartwarming, tear-jerking, smile-inducing videos of Syrian refugees arriving in Canada this past weekend. While the camera lens remained focused for the most part on Justin Trudeau’s friendly greetings and coat-giving proceedings, the row of broadcasting equipment looming over the newly arrived Syrian-Canadians in […]

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