Archive
27 Jul

Scandals at the Telegraph-Journal

Wafergate, plagiarism and unexpected firings: 2009 was full of scandal at the Irvings’ flagship daily. Why Neil Reynolds has been called to the rescue—again. This week we feature Chelsea Murray‘s […]

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27 Jul

Factchecking: Off the rails

Prue Hemelrijk and the golden age of fact-checking—and why magazines will never see such rigour again. This week we feature Suniya Kukaswadia‘s feature for the spring issue of the Ryerson […]

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23 Jul

Advice to live and write by

It seems like every journalist has that one crown jewel of wisdom that’s stuck with him throughout his career, and Mark S. Luckie at 10,000 Words has compiled a list […]

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20 Jul

Police read student journalist’s notes

Student journalist Dylan C. Robertson was taking photos of police on the University of Toronto’s campus during the G20 when he was searched and questioned about the contents of his […]

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20 Jul

UBC J-Students nominated for an Emmy

It’s a video journalist’s dream to be nominated for an Emmy. Now, it’s a dream come true for a group of students studying to be journalists at the University of […]

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13 Jul

Editors in distress

Low pay, high anxiety, long hours and short-staffed. The life of today’s magazine editor. This week we feature Whitney Wager’s story from the summer issue of the Ryerson Review of […]

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6 Jul

Freelancers prepare for battle

Freelance writers march into war. The cause: increased rates, rights and respect. The enemy: publishers like Transcontinental. Who will retreat first? This week we feature Melissa Wilson’s story from the […]

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29 Jun

Journalists fleeing oppression lost in limbo

Mir Mahdavi fled a death sentence.  His so-called crime: battling corruption in an Afghan paper. Now he’s safe in Canada, shut out from his profession—and he’s not alone. This week […]

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28 Jun

Stuff for summer

Summer is officially upon us! For j-school students, it’s been going on for a couple of months now, and for our younger compatriots, the j-school students to-be (i.e., the newly […]

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21 Jun

Dashes with Cynthia

A few weeks ago I was proofreading with a colleague of mine, who graduated from Ryerson’s magazine journalism program some years before I did, and the subject of en dashes […]

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