The Magazine - The Review of Journalism

April 30, 2025April 21, 20252025, Fun and Games, Spring 2025, The Magazine, Under Attack

Crossword – Magazine Madness

Think you know your Canadian magazines? Prove it….No Googling If you are interested in printing out the crossword and doing it on […]

April 30, 2025April 22, 20252025, Quick Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

Samira Speaks Out

Samira Mohyeddin’s On the Line Media seeks to address the “reckoning” journalism faces Samira Mohyeddin is editor in chief and founder of On the Line […]

Image of an apocalypse. A city highway wrecked, smokey landscape no people anywhere

April 30, 2025April 23, 20252025, Fun and Games, Spring 2025, The Magazine, Under Attack

What Type of Journalist Would You Be In the Apocalypse?

The world has officially gone to hell—whether it’s zombies, climate catastrophe, nuclear war, artificial intelligence, robots, or just late-stage capitalism finally collapsing in on itself. But guess what? Journalism never dies. The people need information more than ever, and it’s your duty to get out there and tell the story.

Illustration of one woman cartoonist amongst a group of male cartoonists.

April 29, 2025April 17, 20252025, Featured, Long Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

Drawing the Line

David. Michael. Theo. Patrick. Greg. These are the names of the cartoonists I usually see as I flip through the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Montreal’s The Gazette, and the Winnipeg Free Press.

Collage of headlines: "1200 killed by mental patients!"

April 29, 2025April 20, 20252025, Featured, Long Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

Don’t Call Me Dangerous

On a rainy evening in November 2024, the Black Sheep pub in Toronto’s Liberty Village was alive with a warm energy. The space buzzed with laughter and chatter as guests showed up to attend the launch party for the sixteenth issue of Queer Toronto Literary Magazine (QT). The issue, “Dream State,” was dedicated to celebrating trans and non-binary voices.

Animated journalist with super-muscles displayed from behind.

April 29, 2025April 20, 20252025, Quick Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

Top Qualities of Today’s Journalist

Five ways YOU can be a SuperStar™ Journo! Let’s face it—journalism has changed. If you think you’re cut out for this industry, […]

April 29, 2025April 20, 20252025, Quick Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

The Zine Scene

Indie mags take a page from Toronto’s zinesters On a rain-soaked mid-December 2024 evening, Houndstooth, on the southern border of Toronto’s Little […]

A man and a woman facing away from a painting of a black woman at an art gallery

April 28, 2025April 16, 20252025, Featured, Long Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

Not Talked About

On a cold evening late last fall, the crisp air urges guests to pull their coats tighter. When guests step inside capsul Studio in Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood, the space radiates coziness, not just from the heating but from the energy of attendees. Conversations mix with the soft hum of background music.

Numbers 0, 1 are shown in green with outlines of people in shadows behind them.

April 28, 2025April 19, 20252025, Featured, Long Reads, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

Strength in Numbers

In 1994, Fred Vallance-Jones had been a journalist for 10 years, travelling across western Manitoba reporting stories for CBC Radio. Intrigued by a new and rapidly growing type of journalism called computer-assisted reporting, he flew to Ottawa to attend a training session organized by the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ). “They pulled out this mysterious database software called FoxPro, and I was amazed by what it could do,” he recalls.

April 28, 2025April 20, 20252025, Quick Reads, Reconciliation, Spring 2025, Stories, The Magazine, Under Attack

To Journalists, We Are an Afterthought

Try doing your homework before you talk to us As someone who fights the system through advocacy for Indigenous people, I am […]