Category: A Day in the Life

  • Sheena Lyonnais, new media master and versatile writer

    Sheena Lyonnais, new media master and versatile writer

    Every Tuesday, Sheena Lyonnais, 28, publishes stories on Blonde Magazine, an online platform that is a collection of personal essays documenting the experiences and thoughts of contemporary urban women. ‘‘I spent so much time writing about other people’s lives that I never talked about my own life, and my own issues, and my own experience,’’…

  • A day in the life of an online newsroom: Jess Brady

    When Jess Brady stepped into her first real newsroom, she was overwhelmed. She’d completed an undergraduate degree in english and political science and a master’s in journalism, both from Western University, and landed her first job as a reporter at a Corus station in Cornwall, Ont. “You can do whatever program you sign-up for, but…

  • NHL playoffs a busy time: for some more than others

    NHL playoffs a busy time: for some more than others

    Thomas Drance is thankful for Twitter – perhaps more than your typical social media junkie. Without it, he might not have a career. Immediately following graduation from the University of Toronto in 2009, the only work he could find was as a bus tour guide. When that seasonal work ended, he eventually landed in a…

  • Moving the state of journalism one story at a time

    Moving the state of journalism one story at a time

    Desmond Cole, host of a self-titled show on News Talk 1010, was caught during a phone interview in the middle of some very important work.   “I feel I would say perpetually disorganized,” he said. “I’m sitting at my computer imagining how much more organized I can be: it’s been a very productive afternoon.”  …