February 2020

Little facts, big impact

On Jan. 14. 2020, CBC reported on a false alert that was sent out to mobile phones across Ontario about an incident at a nuclear plant in Pickering, Ont. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/potassium-iodide-pills-nuclear-power-plant-pickering-1.5426044 I will tell this story with the help of three…

Commuter students at Ryerson University say they are impacted by long TTC and GO Transit commute times

RSJ/Aru Kaul main mode of transportInfogram A new poll conducted on Ryerson campus with 1302 responses, found that almost 69 per cent of student respondents rely on TTC or GO Transit to get to university. Another way of looking at…

Weaving words, sound and moving images: writing for broadcast

Hello there! This blog post will take you through the elements of script writing and two examples to explain. On March 14, 2020, Global News reported on the coronavirus outbreak in Canada, when it was still fairly new. This situation…

Social media transforms the way we build solidarity, activists say

Social platform can help strengthen democracies On social media opinions can be voiced, audiences can be reached and connections can be made in a way that can’t be done offline, said activists at the University of Toronto’s Hart House on…

From data to graphic: how to create effective data visualizations

Ryerson University is located in downtown Toronto, surrounding the picturesque location of Yonge-Dundas Square. Since it is so conveniently located, lots of people choose to commute to Ryerson rather than live on residence. There are many options available for those…

Facts in motion: five easy hairstyles for short hair

This blog post will show the planning and execution of a listicle-style topic. The topic that I chose is five easy hairstyles for short hair. I will show this topic through a video. The objective of the video is to…

Month: February 2020