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Tony ' s corner
RyeTAGA students win award for 7th time in 10 years
And the Toronto Star actually adds more reporters
Tony Curcio
I see my old alma mater , Toronto ’ s Ryerson University , and my former employer , the Toronto Star , are making news once again . The RyeTAGA ( Ryerson Technical Association of the Graphic Arts ) Student Chapter won the 2018 Helmut Kipphan Student Publication Award – for the 7th time in 10 years . In March , at the 70th Annual TAGA Technical Conference in Baltimore , MD , the RyeTAGA team presented its 2018 Technical Research Journal for judging . For their efforts , they brought back the first-place Helmut Kipphan Cup to Ryerson and its School of Graphic Communications Management ( GCM ). The journal was written by Ryerson GCM students and printed at Toronto ’ s Flash Reproductions on paper supplied by Spicers Canada . It featured digital embellishments from Konica Minolta Canada , with high-end finishing courtesy of Specialties Graphic Finishers of Toronto . Congratulations to the entire Ryerson student team of eight , including Trung Nguyen , Ryerson faculty advisor for RyeTAGA .
Have you bought any Gravol or Immodium lately to counteract the incessant ramblings from US president and liar-in-chief Donald Trump about the “ fake news ” media ? As one who spent almost 20 years at the Toronto Star , let me give you some background . During my employment from 1969 to 1989 ,
reporters usually had to get three corroborating sources before a controversial story was published . Today , it seems , only one is necessary – which is likely due to the ultra-fast and ultracompetitive new cycle , especially in the electronic media . Personal opinions were reserved solely for the editorial page . Today , the lines separating news commentary , opinion , and actual news have been blurred , while budgets for objective reporting have been cut . This is a troubling , slippery slope for any real democracy . That ’ s why it was so refreshing to see the Star more than double its pool of reporters in western Canada . It added 20 reporters to its current 15 at Metro newspapers in Vancouver , Calgary and Edmonton , and added more in Toronto as a support team . So , while other publications seem to be morphing into house organs for the political leanings of their respective reader base , the Star , at least for now , seems to be going in the opposite direction . Good for them !
Until next time , always remember that we ’ re here to help .
Tony Curcio Editor , Graphic Arts Magazine tony @ graphicartsmag . com
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