That time Rob Ford wrote an op-ed
Is there room in journalism for politicians' voices without the filter of a reporter?
Rob Ford is back in the news–this time, of his own choosing. In a special to the National Post published on December 3, 2015, Ford wrote an op-ed to mark the one-year anniversary of John Tory’s mayoral term. “Congratulations, John, you’re sitting in the big chair and you’ve finally shaped up to be a typical politician,” wrote the […]
Who’s telling the truth about #WelcomeRefugees?
Across Canadian news outlets, there is a strange discrepancy in reports about whether or not the Liberal government is excluding single male Syrian refugees
I don’t know who’s telling the truth about the Liberal refugee plan. On the one hand, there’s Paul McLeod, BuzzFeed‘s political editor, who published an article on November 25, 2015, titled “Someone Gave The Media A Bunch Of False Info About Canada’s Syrian Refugee Plan.” McLeod takes issue with a CBC report by Rosemary Barton that, days before the Liberals […]
Editorial endorsement dispute continues as Financial Post editor criticizes John Honderich
The ongoing feud continued today with an article by Post columnist Terrence Corcoran calling for the Toronto Star to “step off its high horse”
It’s been nearly a month since the federal election, and journalists are still feuding over editorial endorsements. To recap, Postmedia CEO Paul Godfrey forced all of the chain’s papers to endorse the Conservative Party of Canada. Former National Post editorials and comment editor Andrew Coyne wrote a column endorsing another party and resigned from his position as […]
Thank you, Andrew Coyne
Coyne is a good example of what privileged journalists should do: use their status to push back against the status quo when necessary
Andrew Coyne resigned as the editor of the Editorials and Comment section of the National Post today, and journalists should be thankful he did. The resignation comes after Postmedia executives prevented Coyne from writing a column dissenting from the National Post’s endorsement of the Conservative Party of Canada because it would “confuse readers and embarrass […]
Stop talking about the niqab
Amira Elghawaby, from the National Council of Canadian Muslims, calls for Canadian journalists to focus on important matters
Journalists have been enthralled with the niqab debate over the last few weeks. In order to get a better sense of what to make of the niqab coverage, I spoke to the communications director at the National Council of Canadian Muslims, Amira Elghawaby. Elghawaby’s most pressing critique of niqab journalism is simply that there’s too […]
Game over
Writing about video games may sound like a dream job, but the Canadian video game journalism industry is in a dire state
Matt Demers knows one thing is true of freelance video game journalism in Canada: “It’s not glamorous.” The path the former freelancer chose wasn’t glam at all—from the low pay to the competitive nature of the industry. A few months ago, he was trying to get back on his feet after having one of his […]
Mission Impossible
Or so Post doomsayers claim. Why Anne Marie Owens says they’re wrong
Or so Post doomsayers claim. Why Anne Marie Owens says they’re wrong
TEASER: Prize Fighters
Here is a sneak peek at one story from our Spring 2015 issue of the Ryerson Review of Journalism magazine.
The Harder They Fall
When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office
When Alberta reporters revealed a series of Alison Redford’s scandals, it created a domino effect and sent her tumbling out of office
I was the only writer left at Canada.com
Today’s blog is a guest post by fourth year Ryerson journalism student Daniel Rosen. When the layoffs happened, it didn’t really hit me until someone pointed out an orange. I poked my head over the partitions and saw a half-peeled orange sitting on a desk. One of the editors must have been peeling it before […]
