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 since then gone viral, nowhere more so than in Canada, his home country.

In an earlier news conference, Fahmy spoke at great lengths about feeling “betrayed and abandoned by Prime Minister Harper” and about the need to address the relationship between journalists who work abroad and their governments.

Speaking to the RRJ, Fahmy says that he is grateful for the many platforms he has received to use his voice to further the discussion about journalists who work abroad and how to protect them from situations like his.

So how does a journalist deal with becoming the story? We asked Fahmy in an exclusive interview with the RRJ.

A memorial fund has been set up in Don Obe’s name to provide emergency assistance for Ryerson journalism students in need. You can donate to it here.

As the funding page states, Don died as he lived: on his own terms. He began and ended his career at Ryerson, first studying and then teaching. He served as chair of the School of Journalism and founded the Review in 1984.

Read “Sketches of Obe,” a tribute to Don from his friends and colleagues.

Alec Bain speaks to Canadian Press editor Patti Tasko about the 16th edition of the Canadian Press Stylebook and how the new gCP Style Guide is redefining journalism while remaining loyal to traditional journalistic policy.uide tackles the internet and new media.

Every two years the Canadian Press comes out with a national guide for Canadian journalists on reporting. With the rapid growth in sources and social networks, the 2010 issue is loaded with brand new forms of journalistic style.