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, […]

 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

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

#RRJPredicts journalism in 2016

#RRJPredicts journalism in 2016

Will print die? Will journalists still have jobs? Will magazines go digital? We share where we think journalism might be heading.

Review multimedia editors Eternity Martis and Allison Baker are spreading the holiday cheer with our predictions for the next year of journalism.   In case you missed some of our more realistic (ahem, wishful) predictions in the video, here’s what we said:

 Eternity Martis

Putting faith in hate: When is religion the source or subject of hate speech?

Putting faith in hate: When is religion the source or subject of hate speech?

Freedom of speech is our right, but what happens when that free speech incites violence on members of a religion?

Richard Moon, a law professor at the University of Windsor, came to Ryerson University on Monday, November 23, to speak to students and community members about the fine line between hate speech and free speech. His conclusion? He doesn’t have one. Moon’s lecture was focused specifically on speech related to the Muslim faith in relation to the […]

 Viviane Fairbank

Offleash podcast: Kill fees and story theft

Offleash podcast: Kill fees and story theft

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 […]

 Viviane Fairbank

Offleash podcast: An introduction

Offleash podcast: An introduction

  Welcome to the Ryerson Review of Journalism‘s first-ever regular podcast, published on RRJ.ca every second Wednesday at 3:33 p.m. In our introductory episode, we get to know our hosts and learn what to expect from RRJ Offleash. Music in this episode courtesy of Paul Nathan Harper, also known as A F L O A T. […]

 Fatima Syed

Hair matters

Hair matters

The bald truth about the electoral coverage on Justin Trudeau

Justin’s Trudeau’s hair might be the best weapon in the political business, just slightly ahead of Donald Trump’s golden locks. After all it has made headlines in the past two years and signified Trudeau’s trajectory from Member of Parliament to leader of the Liberal Party. “Justin Trudeau: Great hair but no credentials,” read an October […]

 Fatima Syed

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: RRJ speaks to Mohamed Fahmy

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: RRJ speaks to Mohamed Fahmy

His thoughts on the media coverage of his case, his time behind bars and his future in Canadian journalism

Mohamed Fahmy has been toeing the line between being a journalist and being a story for over a year now. As the former Al Jazeera bureau chief in Cairo, Fahmy, 41, was arrested in Egypt in 2013 with two colleagues and convicted of terror-related charges. The case, the court trials, the journalist and his family have […]

 Allison Elkin

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Last year, I woke up suddenly from a hyper-realistic nightmare: it had become commonplace to write articles completely in emoji. As I frantically checked Twitter and came back to reality, I assured myself it was only a dream; this could never really happen to journalism. I was wrong, so, so wrong. In January, a friend […]

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