Review of Journalism

14/02/2022

LIVE NOW: New Pull Quotes episode!

For this week’s episode, Pull Quotes’ producer and co-host Rahaf Farawi, sat down with the senior editor of The Local, Nicholas Hune-Brown. Hune-Brown talked about his feature “The Shadowy Business of International Education” which was published by The Walrus last August and was the longest story he had ever worked on.

Hune-Brown also discussed long distance reporting, difficulties gathering data and interviewing vulnerable sources.

Find Hune-Brown’s episode at the link in our bio.

Enjoy!

14/07/2021

Previously known as the Ryerson Review of Journalism, the magazine and all its content will be published under a new name: the Review of Journalism.

In February, the 2020-2021 masthead elected to remove Ryerson from the magazine’s title. This temporary move was the result of a collective masthead editorial decision, paving the way for our new name.

The School of Journalism’s Renaming Committee established to reconsider the names of the two publications run by the school recommended, in May, the names of both the Ryersonian and the Ryerson Review of Journalism should be changed. School Council approved.

We recognize the hard work of our previous mastheads and look forward to continuing our commitment to reconciliation through our work.

Our logo and domain name will change in the upcoming days. An archive of all content will be maintained.

13/07/2021

✨Cover Story ✨

As executive director of , Nadia Stewart has been fighting to create better representation for Black journalists in Canadian media for years.

Read Nadia's inspiring story in this profile from Emily Morantz – https://rrj.ca/nadia-stewart-is-creating-space-for-black-journalists-in-canada-heres-how/

"I always lean on the side of optimism." Nadia Stewart has never…

24/06/2021

✨ New Feature ✨

After a year of racial reckonings and transformative change to Canada’s top journalism programs, The Review’s Tyler Griffin reflects on his J-school experience and why journalism education needs to catch up with 21st century realities.

Have a read, here: https://rrj.ca/how-journalism-school-failed-me/

J-schools are inadequately preparing us for the future of journalism—here's why. Like…

21/06/2021

✨ New Feature ✨

Often the subjects of harassment in a gendered industry themselves, many women journalists in Pakistan are increasingly collaborating in online spaces to reclaim reportage on sensitive subjects like sexual assault, writes Saniya Rashid.

Have a read, click the link: https://rrj.ca/facing-harassment-in-and-out-of-the-newsroom/

How women journalists in Pakistan are fighting back—and the online spaces that…

17/06/2021

✨New Feature✨

The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression are working to provide further streamlined refuge for journalists at-risk, yet the lives and vocations of those who undertook their journey to Canada remain in flux, writes Danielle Neri.

Have a read: https://rrj.ca/path-of-exile/

Non-profits are urging Canada to facilitate refuge for journalists in danger, but…

14/06/2021

✨New Feature✨

30 countries, 110 media organizations, 2,100 leaked documents – The unprecedented investigation (that was recently named a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize) traced financial crime on a global scale.

Latest by: Emma Jones

Have a read: https://rrj.ca/anatomy-of-an-investigation/

How did journalists working on the FinCEN Files use innovative techniques to…

11/06/2021

✨New Feature✨

The business model that has traditionally paid for lifestyle journalism has been suffering for a while.
With less money to go around, here are some signs of trouble in the beat, reports Téana Graziani.

Have a read, click the link: https://rrj.ca/signs-of-trouble-for-lifestyle-journalism/

Layoffs and lack of equity amid a pandemic—how is lifestyle journalism surviving?…

08/06/2021

✨New Feature✨

As they face systemic racism and police intimidation, the Indigenous journalists are continuing to tell stories on their own terms.

Read the latest by Alex Ramsay here: https://rrj.ca/indigenous-journalists-are-building-a-new-legacy/

On the ground improving coverage of communities that newsrooms have neglected, Indigenous…

08/06/2021

✨New Feature✨

Here’s a look into how five Canadian publications found answers to important questions surrounding how we live.
By taking an honest look into their audience’s new reality, lifestyle journalists became essential during the pandemic, reports Leen Blaibleh.

Click the link to read: https://rrj.ca/how-lifestyle-journalism-is-getting-as-through-a-pandemic/

Sourdough starters, maskne remedies, dalgona coffee, and home gardens. When the pandemic…

27/05/2021

✨New Feature✨

Since metaphors tend to offer a subjective – limited scope of reality, reevaluating the ubiquitous use of war metaphors for COVID-19 is imperative because the pandemic is not a war.

Moreover, reframing the COVID-19 pandemic pushes journalists to have a nuanced discussion about uniting people without the concept of war and offers an avenue to critique their reliance on martial analogies.

Latest by Sarah Samuel.
Read here: https://rrj.ca/the-war-on-metaphors/

Journalists, linguists, and lexicographers on the problems with martial metaphors for COVID-19…

20/05/2021

✨ New Feature ✨

Julia Duchesne takes a deep dive into the future of northern news, featuring the local journalists trying to build a better, more representative news system in the territories.

Have a read, click the link: https://rrj.ca/a-truer-north/

The news industry in the territories is dominated by white people from…

19/05/2021

:: New Content ::

Throughout the pandemic, many industries had to find new and innovative ways to operate and student publications are no exception.
Leen Blaibleh’s story sheds light on the ups and downs of three Canadian student publications trying to navigate unchartered territory.

Have a read: https://rrj.ca/pandemic-gains/

How three student publications managed to adapt during a pandemic. The pandemic...

14/05/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ::

Find out how Canadian court reporters are faring as they adapt their methods to an era of Zoom justice.
The Review’s Joseph Fish has the story for our *now available* Spring 2021 issue.

To read, click the link.
https://rrj.ca/all-rise-virtual-court-in-session/

The inside story of how courts and the people who report on…

13/05/2021

:: New Content ::

In the final episode of season four, the podcast host, Emma talks to the Review’s editors: Danielle, Emily, Julia, Jemma, Leen and Saniya about their experiences producing a magzine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Click the link to listen in: https://rrj.ca/pull-quotes-season-4-episode-6-end-of-a-run/

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11/05/2021

:: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐚𝐥 ::

The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Happy to introduce the [ ] Review of Journalism 2020-21 edition.
Thank you to my fellow 2020-21 masthead for working so hard. Now, we can all bask in the moment of glory. ✨

09/05/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ::

The last time [ ] RJ examined parenting as a journalist was 1992. Since then, with an increase in freelance work and the onset of a global pandemic, the work/life dynamic has changed for parents exponentially.

Are workplaces and parental policies keeping up with the shifting times? It’s always been hard to be a parent and journalist, Jemma Dooreleyers begs the question, could it actually be harder these days?

Read our latest feature to find out: https://rrj.ca/the-mother-load/

PS Wishing all moms a wonderful Mother’s Day ✨💐✨

It’s never been easy to be a journalist and a mother. Now...

05/05/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ::

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the deficit of local journalism in GTA communities.

Read the latest from the Review’s Téana Graziani to know why it matters.
Link: https://rrj.ca/local-journalism-needs-a-boost/

How the pandemic revealed the deficit of local news in GTA communities,…

30/04/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐩 𝐄𝐝 ::

Unpaid post-secondary internships in the journalism industry exploit students’ work in the name of education and keep marginalized and low-income students from getting a foot in the door.

Why do they still exist?

To find out, read Vanessa Quon’s latest: https://rrj.ca/op-ed-the-case-against-unpaid-internships/

How unpaid post-secondary journalism opportunities exploit students Raizel Harjosubroto, a 2020 graduate…

27/04/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ::

“It felt like a death.” is resurrected for the second time in a decade.

With a new-look, and renewed focus on multimedia assets, will EIC Yoni Goldstein and new president Bryan Borzykowski be able to keep it afloat?

Find out here: https://rrj.ca/the-many-lives-of-the-canadian-jewish-news/

How the CJN’s latest resurgence is learning from its history to ensure…

22/04/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐅𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 ::

As a universal language, photography has the unique ability to engage with a wide audience, while simultaneously evoke emotion.

With the climate crisis continuing to affect our planet, this piece explores how photographers and writers are using their cameras as tools to combat the crisis while also push for change.

To read our second feature, click the link: https://rrj.ca/can-photojournalism-help-save-the-environment/

✨🌳🌏🌳✨

Cameras in hand, journalists and photographers are taking action to help the…

15/04/2021

✨ 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 ✨

Our first feature by Vanessa Quon.

American news organizations like Washington Post have successfully taken to TikTok to appeal to Gen Z and increase brand recognition.

Can Canadian newsrooms on the social video platform do the same?

Read more here: https://rrj.ca/tiktok-breaks-the-news/

Tell me you're a journalist without telling me you're a journalist. “So…

14/04/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ::

Newest from the Review’s writer, Danielle Neri:

The only thing that seems to be certain right now is that people want some good news. From feel-good stories to the nuances of solutions journalism, some publications are keeping audiences engaged—here’s why we need it.

To read more, click the link: https://rrj.ca/in-defence-of-good-news/

Audiences are reaching for journalism with a positive spin as pandemic news…

13/04/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭::

In In the fifth episode, the Review’s podcast producer, Joseph Fish speaks to professors and co-authors Maggie Jones Patterson and Romayne Smith Fullerton about the underlying societal factors that contribute to different approaches to crime reporting.

The podcast also features a discussion on how the age of global communication can present a challenge and a recent high-profile trial of Toronto van-attacker, which caused a bit of a stir among Canadian journalists.

To listen more, click the link.

https://rrj.ca/pull-quotes-season-4-episode-5-should-canadian-crime-reporters-start-thinking-beyond-what-they-can-print-to-what-they-should/

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08/04/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭::

This year, our team omitted the namesake of our school from our name because of his role in the residential school system. In this sneak peek at our 2021 magazine, we're revisiting [ ]RJ stories featuring Indigenous voices.

To read more about the newest digital story by Julia Duschesne, visit: https://rrj.ca/revisiting-indigenous-stories-in-the-review/

To learn more about the magazine’s name change, please read our masthead statement here: https://rrj.ca/statement-from-the-spring-2021-masthead/

Looking back at the past five years of Indigenous coverage in our…

31/03/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ::

In an all new online exclusive, the Review’s writer, Madigan Cotterill explores travel influencer culture:

The rise of the Instagram influencer is one that is infiltrating more than just your social media newsfeed.
Stepping foot into the world of travel, influencers are now creeping into the journalism industry as they use their platforms to advertise and address stories previously covered exclusively by journalists.

To read more: https://rrj.ca/instagram-versus-reality/

How Instagram influencers have impacted the travel journalism industry. They are called…

26/03/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 ::

Last month, the Globe and Mail announced that they're launching their own daily news podcast. But what will they have to do to make it great? And how will they stand out from their well-established competitors? The Review’s Emily Morantz writes.

Read here: https://rrj.ca/playing-catch-up-how-many-daily-podcasts-is-too-many/

The Globe & Mail is launching a daily news podcast. To stand…

25/03/2021

:: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐭 ::

In this week’s Pull Quotes, host and podcast producer, Joseph Fish speaks with a documentary photographer, Ian Willms about how photographers can effectively use their lens to illustrate the ecological and human toll of ill-advised, or short-sighted environmental policies.

Willms spoke to us about a picture he took in 2019 while visiting Warren Simpson, a resident in Fort Chipewyan in northern Alberta. He took several trips to the area between 2010 and 2020 to document the environmental and human toll of oil sands pollution on the Indigenous community.

A special shout out to Review’s former journalist, Emily Pardo, who sat down with photojournalist Ed Ou in 2017 to discuss his photography project in Kazakhstan’s region known as “The Polygon,” which had been the site of Soviet Nuclear testing for four decades until the early 1990s.

In our podcast episode, we revisited this conversation with Ou, which followed 2017 [ ] RJ conference on covering disaster, because of his engaged perspective on the ethics of documenting the impact of radiation on human life.
You can find Ed’s project here: https://www.edouphoto.com/index.php?/project/under-a-nuclear-cloud/

To hear more from our host and guests, click the link: https://rrj.ca/pull-quotes-season-4-episode-4-photojournalists-create-a-visual-record-of-the-human-impact-of-industrial-pollution/

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