On the Record (newspaper)
Canadian student newspaper
On The Record (formerly The Ryersonian) is the masthead news title produced by journalism students at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Canada. Students produce daily news for the publication's website, live-blog local events relevant to students and broadcast TV news, also available on the website, at least once a week.
Select news content is also published, in print, once a week, and distributed on campus on Wednesdays throughout the school year.
On The Record accepts submissions from the entire Toronto Metropolitan University student body. It's also a "capstone course" - meaning it's one of several paths through the final year of the Bachelor of Journalism program for students. Students who take this path edit, produce and write for the masthead in either a part time or full-time basis for one term. Students in the Master's of Journalism program can also take this path.
History
In 2010, The Ryersonian began tweeting from @theryersonian and developed a Facebook page, The Ryersonian.
At the start of the 2011 academic year, The Ryersonian transformed into a title that aims to produce news and features in all media to meet the needs of students in a new curriculum that had retired the old print, TV and online streams to better reflect the way media are evolving globally.
Several editions in the 2006–07 year addressed issues of on-campus racial tension.
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