Sonya and Dafna

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I find it really interesting that The West Wing used blogging in its storyline this past week. The interesting thing is the commentary made in the show, particularly, "these people aren't journalists" and that bloggers aren't bound by the ethical code to which journalists are bound. I wonder what this means for journalism?

Also: John Roberts, former MuchMusic VJ (to my delight) is favoured to replace Dan Rather as anchor on CBS news.

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I wonder what Richard Addis thinks of this Carolyn Parrish thing. The former editor-in-chief of The Globe and Mail thought Canadian politicians sure were boring when he came from Britian. In Chris Cobb's book, Ego and Ink: Inside the Story of Canada's National Newspaper War, Addis says:

"I met Paul Martin and Allan Rock formally in their officies, Stockwell Day, Brian Tobin, Preston Manning, and other minor figures. Apart from Chretien I found them all rather boring. They are much less articulate and confident than British politicans. They seem to have less need to be interesting and would bore you to death with details. British politicians meeting journalists always try to be witty, sharp, and pugnacious and get across some kind of character. Canadian politicians, other than Jean Chretian, reminded meof bureaucrats. I think Paul Martin may be the world's most boring man. Chretien may be wrong and infuriating, but he is a great character."

And it is my opinion that Parrish falls along the same line as Chretien. I don't think Martin was out of line when he fired her from caucus, he was dissed and he had to step up but at least the woman is interesting. Martin, on the other hand, makes me yawn no matter how many rock stars he claims to hang out with. For once people normally bored by politics are paying attention and that can't be completely bad. Not for politics or newspapers like The Globe.

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Come join the Ryerson Review of Journalism for the party of all parties!

When: Thursday November 25, Doors open at 9 pm

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Listen to the RRJ Publicity Committee on Q107 Thursday night at midnight. You don't wanna miss it.

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first-time blogger, long-time reader*

am applying to various newspaper internships in the us (san francisco and new york dailies among them) and for those pseudo-journos among you, theres a little something u should know about applying for jobs in the us if u are without us citizenship [altho, who really cares when u have dual canadian (cf. michael moore's numerous references to canucks)/british (european wanderlust satisfied indefinately) citizenship] and it goes a little something like this (excerpt, see jobspage):

To get the proper immigration papers to have a Canadian student, attending school in Canada, to do an internship, we have to go through extra hoops and spend some money. There is always the chance our request will be denied, too. Most editors wonder whether the extra trouble and expense is worth it -- especially for a short-term job and when there are so many U.S. candidates clamoring for internships, as well.

Joe Grimm
Recruiting and development editor
Detroit Free Press

grimm remains true to his surname. but, those of you who also have balding-boyfriend-activists in the us oasis that is the bay, find solace in the fact that you will probably have no problem getting unpaid positions. err, well, it makes ME feel better.

*im kinda alluding to a scene in grosse point blank here but i think this quip is kinda tank-worthy.

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The New York Times gives two nods to Canada today, one highlighting a tiff between Canadian farmers and their U.S. counterparts, and one that deals with the TIFF (okay, there's one scene) and foreign films with one of the Times' flash productions to boot. Good Sunday morning reading.

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Surprisingly enough, the love of all fifteen-year-old Avril wannabes in the country (chelsano, member on the George message boards says she's "going to die"), George Stroumbolopolous, will be moving to CBC Newsworld next year. The CBC reported this on their own website today. The article quotes Peter Mansbridge as saying that Stroumbolopolous is "one of the bright interpreters of the current generation."

I'm just wondering what the new show will be, and more importantly, will he have to remove the body jewellery?

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A cool quote from National Post writer J. Kelly Nestruck's blog.

"Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime."

- Ernest Hemingway.

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The Ryerson Review of Journalism is hosting the party of all parties to fund our magazine!

When: Thursday November 25, Doors open at 9 pm

Where: DNA Lounge (formerly the Living Room) 328 Adelaide Street West between John and Peter

Cover: $10 at the door or $8 in advance - November 15-25 at Ryerson's Rogers Communication Centre, 80 Gould Street

Featuring: DJ Bacchus and raffles for great prizes including magazine subscriptions, CDs, DVDs, concert tickets, a DVD player and more!

Be there or be square!

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The RRJ Editorial Blog Award for Best Headline of the Day goes to The Globe for their clever Bushesque tongue twister. Way to go, guys!

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Welcome to In Production. This is a blog written by final year journalism students at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Every year magazine stream students write and produce the Ryerson Review of Journalism. We are an award-winning magazine and the only magazine dedicated to Canadian journalism.

We have stories from Iqaluit to Washington D.C. This is the blog to find out the interesting tales behind the magazine and maybe a few things about our stories.

Stay tuned for more...

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One of my favourite media-related blogs is Regret the Error. The site is a nicely written daily update on the world of media ethics. I believe it started as a weblog to document corrections and retractions but it has branched off into more diverse and more interesting topics like how politicians misquote the media to promote themselves.

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One thing that continues to amaze me is the CBC's In Depth reports available on the CBC web site. Whether it be the crisis in Sudan, the Internet, or an infamous figure like Osama bin Laden, the In Depth page is a good place to start your research.

I often refer to the In Depths when a timely issue requires background knowledge that I feel too stupid to ask others about. They're also useful to look at before going to dinner parties, especially ones which your boss will be attending.

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WELCOME TO THE Ryerson Review of Journalism Editorial Blog which unfortunately spells the not-so-amusing acronym RRJEB. The RRJEB is but the first attempt of those of us here at The Review to turn the website from one dimensional to something sparkly, productive, and updated more than once a year.

Perhaps even publicity/debate/anger generating - indeed, we have already managed to do so by having the thing in the first place, as the genre of the blog has already been termed by illustrious pundits as a masturbatory exercise.

Speaking of gentle touching, this is a way for us to get in touch with you, dear reader. Onwards and upwards.

As I write this, John Kerry has conceded to George Dubya and it's pretty clear that a lot of people I know will be peeved. I have to wonder, with the media coverage the election garnered here, what does this mean for Canada? Many world leaders are quick to suck up to Bush, but coverage in Canada has been somewhat skeptical. A CBC short animation series, nestled between more serious coverage, had Condoleezza Rice holding a picture of Martin (that's Paul) and pointing to Canada on the globe in a vain attempt to educate the president.

You can see a live map of presidental election returns at the Globe's site.

Interesting coverage by Dan Brown is available at CBC's website.

CTV deals with American media's reluctance to report election results too early.

The BBC publishes a good backgrounder about how the American election works.

(This post edited by Julia Dow)

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