The Ryerson Review of Journalism launched its Summer 2012 issue at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto last week among well-known faces of the Canadian magazine industry (including many National Magazine Award winners). The National Magazine Awards Foundation is always eager to welcome new talent in the industry, and its staff and interns were also present to celebrate the launch.
First created in 1985 as a “watchdog for the watchdogs,” the RRJ is produced by Ryerson journalism students in their final year. The current faculty and instructors working with the students hold a total of 25 NMAs. The instructor for this issue, Lynn Cunningham, won the Foundation Award Outstanding Achievement in 1998.
As can be expected, learning from such outstanding professionals has led the students to create a magazine that lives up to its mandate and produces award-winning features: the RRJ currently holds a total of 23 National Magazine Award nominations including 2 Golds for Best Student Writer and 3 Silvers in the Profiles, Politics & Public Interest, and Portrait Photography categories. We wish the magazine and its young masthead the best of luck in the future.
