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5 May

Its evolution, not termination

The 2009 issues of the Ryerson Review of Journalism were launched last month at a gathering in Toronto, and the Spring edition of the award-winning mag is now available on […]

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24 Apr

RRJ Spring issue highlights: Hurst, Fulford and Corcoran

The 2009 issues of the Ryerson Review of Journalism were launched this month at a gathering in Toronto. The Spring edition of the award-winning mag is now available on newsstands. […]

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8 Mar

Student rag resolves strike

Student journalists at the University of Oregon’s newspaper the Oregon Daily Emerald are expected to resume work on Monday after going on strike last week over editorial independence. The dispute […]

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2 Mar

Afghan journalists fight to get the news out

ByVictoria Wells When Ahmad Zia went back to Afghanistan to work as a journalist for the newspaper Kabul Weekly, he knew he wanted to help rebuild the country. And journalism […]

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3 Feb

I don’t get misty-eyed over newsprint, says Graeme Smith

By Chantal Braganza Graeme Smith has a humble proposition: possibly, maybe, a way to save journalism from the online threat. While in reality, he insists, “I’m just a stupid reporter, […]

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14 Jan

RRJ interview with Don Sellar

There was plenty to talk about last year in journalism circles, including the CBC ombudsman’s report on Heather Mallick’s incendiary column on cbc.ca and CTV’s airing of false starts during […]

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7 Jan

The future of journalism by G. Stuart Adam

This text, written by Carleton University’s advanced print professor G. Stuart Adam, sparked some lively discussion in a recent class. (It was originally written as an email for an American […]

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7 Jan

Strung along: Are Afghan fixers getting a raw deal?

As the eyes and ears of international news agencies, Afghan journalists negotiate some of the most dangerous terrain in the world, writes Ashley Walters in the Ryerson Review of Journalism […]

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6 Jan

A journalist, not a newspaper(wo)man

It’s a question that hangs on the lips of every impending journalism school graduate (including this one): what’s the outlook?The answer, according to Joe Grimm, a visiting journalist at the […]

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17 Dec

Brunswick News Inc. vs. the Carleton Free Press

A year after it launched, the independent Carleton FreePress closed down in October. As Ryerson Review of Journalism reporter Christal Gardiola discovered, that’s left a paper owned by the powerful […]

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