The Ryersonian

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The Ryersonian is a weekly campus newspaper produced by students at the Ryerson School of Journalism[1]. It competes with The Eyeopener to provide the most complete coverage of events at Ryerson University in Toronto. As well as appearing in print, The Ryersonian can be read online as part of RyersOnline [2], a news portal for the School of Journalism, featuring material from students in the broadcast, newspaper, magazine and online streams.

Students in their fourth year of the school's print stream are required to report, edit, photograph and produce the issue, and work on the masthead for 6 week blocks.

[edit] Controversies

Several editions in the 2006-07 year addressed issues of on-campus racial tension. In November 2006 it was reported that a group called "I'm a White Minority @ Ryerson" was formed on Facebook, the popular online networking site[3]. The controversy snowballed as Ryerson alum, known white supremacist, and leader of the Nationalist Party of Canada Don Andrews was profiled on the front page of the March 21 edition[4]. He defended the Facebook group's rights to form a white culture student group. Some criticized the paper for the story's poor timing, as March 21 is also the International Day for the Elimination of Racism. In response, students and members of the RSU protested by gathering up editions of the paper and dumping them in front of the Ryersonian's office.

[edit] Links

The Ryersonian [5]

RyersOnline [6]

The Eyeopener [[7]]

Ryerson's site [8]