If we’re being honest, journalism is a calling. We play doctor with words, and magic with ideas; finding creative ways to tell stories that’ve been told a thousand times, or new ways to engage with a story for the first.
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Ryerson’s school of journalism and the Digital Media Zone (DMZ) are teaming up with Facebook to create a digital news incubator, the first of its kind in Canada.
The announcement is part of the Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly’s planned restructuring of Canada’s cultural policy, which she calls Creative Canada.
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NewsOff Campus
The Varsity’s website translation bridges the gap for Chinese international students
by Iris Robinby Iris RobinStudents at the University of Toronto can now read their campus news in simplified Chinese. The Varsity recently announced the publication of its Chinese website, which contains translations of content originally published in English and is updated weekly.
The aim of the website is to increase engagement among international students from China. There were 17,452 international students enrolled at U of T in 2016–2017, of which 9,187 were from China. That’s 11 per cent of the university’s population, which The Varsity is striving to reach.
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By: Ricardo Serrano Persecution, harassment and espionage. These are some of the things Mexican journalists encounter on the job. Adela Navarro spoke at Ryerson University on Wednesday night and…
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“Even though it is a university, we have to do a lot of practical thinking, we are so hands on.”