Ryerson journalism professors encounter inspiring students, major challenges in Liberia and Tanzania
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter Ryerson journalism professors who travelled to Tanzania and Liberia for projects organized by Journalists for […]
Weak Canadian access to information rules need revision, says information commissioner
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter The public’s access to government information in Canada will only improve if existing legislation is
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Non-fiction book by Ryerson professor nominated for two prizes
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter Ryerson journalism professor Bill Reynolds has been nominated for two writing prizes for his non-fiction
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Photojournalism students show off their skills in online gallery of best shots from Winter 2015
Hand students a camera and they’ll show you how they see the world in their own unique way, says Ryerson
Conference to discuss the Canadian public’s right to know
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter Legal strategies and government policies that undermine the public’s right to know will be examined
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Centre for Free Expression coming to Ryerson
By DASHA ZOLOTA Special to the RJRC A new Centre for Free Expression, the first of its kind at a
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Associated Press expansion had more to do with competition than imperialism, new research says
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter The international expansion of news agencies in the early 20th century had more to do
Atkinson lecture on the power and politics of cartooning, the female way
By LINDSAY FITZGERALD Special to the RJRC Sue Dewar’s “trial by fire” was a 1995 cartoon of a beaver gnawing
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More contract work and internships mean new journalists must learn their rights, students told at labour workshop
By SHANNON CLARKE Special to the RJRC As contract assignments and internships become more commonplace for newly minted journalists, workers
‘Kardashian-ization’ leading to a greater focus on female reporters’ appearance, journalist tells panel on women in sports media
By RACHEL SURMAN Special to the RJRC The increasing emphasis on female reporters’ looks amounts to “the Kardashian-ization of sports
Radio station where J-School professor taught burns down in Liberia
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter The destruction of the University of Liberia’s campus radio station is a blow to the
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Ryerson professor finalist for the 2015 Canada Prize in the Humanities
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter Ryerson journalism professor Gene Allen is a finalist for the 2015 Canada Prize in the
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A visit to Queen’s Park: Reflections of a young political junkie
By ALLISON RIDGWAY Special to the RJRC Even on a relatively quiet day, the goings on in Ontario’s legislative chamber
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Clueless in workshop on aboriginal issues
By DAISY BADU Special to the RJRC The questions on the quiz at the start of the workshop sent my
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Map suggests links between press freedom and the number of journalists killed
Kiyomi French, a graduate student in Masters of Spatial Analysis program, illustrated just how strongly correlated the number of journalists
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Canadian spy agencies need more oversight, Edward Snowden tells Ryerson audience
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter Canadian intelligence agencies have one of the weakest oversight mechanisms in the West and that’s
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Global National’s Dawna Friesen talks to Ryerson students about role of the news anchor and international reporting
By RACHEL SURMAN Special to the RJRC The pressure on news anchors to be high-profile celebrities has never been greater,
Mainstream news outlets promote particular viewpoints to audience, says former Al Jazeera English, CBC boss
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter News organizations often promote particular narratives in the stories they cover in an attempt to
Workshop helps beginner journalists deal with interview anxiety (Part II)
In the fall of 2014, instructors teaching first-year students at the Ryerson University School of Journalism observed what appeared to
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Limited resources influencing the stories investigative TV reporters pursue
By ROBERT LIWANAG Staff Reporter Financial constraints mean that cost is increasingly influencing whether journalists working in investigative television take
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