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Londoners colour away their stress
When Donna Currie tells friends she’s going out to do adult colouring, the typical response is, “Oh, so it’s porn?” Although adult colouring may sound like a risqué activity, it’s anything but. The hobby has been gaining popularity since 2013, yet it wasn’t until last year when the books began topping bestseller lists. Currie meets…
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Humans @Western: Architecture
Join four Master of Media in Journalism and Communication (MMJC) students as they take you on a journey to learn more about Western University. In this edition, take an audio tour of three Western buildings — some iconic and some lesser-known. Meet the people who work at and are inspired by the architecture of these buildings. All photography by Ross Howey.…
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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,’’…
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When the levee breaks, go with the flow
When you’re a digital journalist, be prepared to work anywhere. And anywhere can be a lecture theatre in a local college when floodwaters inch up an incline towards your broadcasting station and threaten to swamp it. “It was the most unorthodox thing I’ve experienced,” said Amanda Connolly, referring to the makeshift newsroom she and other…