The Verse City Workshop: A Career in Journalism?
This summer, in partnership with the East Metro Youth Services, the Verse City Workshop at Ryerson University’s School of Journalism will present a five-day intensive multimedia journalism camp. The Verse City Journalism Project at Ryerson University is designed to encourage youth from Toronto’s priority neighbourhoods to consider a career in journalism.
Archive of February, 2010
After two engaging and successful workshops last month (see student work below), Verse city is holding an opinion writing workshop tomorrow afternoon at Ryerson University. Students will be guided through all the do’s and don’ts of opinion writing by Toronto Star columnist Royson James. James writes extensively on Toronto politics in his weekly columns that appear Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in The Star. Students will be writing their own columns tomorrow on two hot topics in the news lately – Haiti and the TTC. What will they have to say?
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Dear Mom,
I’m writing this letter to tell you that I’m alright and about my experiences here in Rwanda. Firstly, I want to say that I miss you and love you dearly. I love being here away from the distractions and problems back at home. Watching the Rwandans who are care free and happy really helps me be at peace with myself and makes me reflect on past experiences.
I’m having a lot of fun with the children here, who value their innocence and education, which is hard to find back at home. Watching them play brings peaceful thoughts to my mind, about the world and the things around me. A lot of things I have taken for granted I’ve learned to be at peace with.
Talk to you soon,
Madison
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Dear Jamal,
First off, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve missed you like crazy. Being here in Rwanda, has caused me to feel so many different emotions. I can’t truly describe how I’m feeling right now but just know I feel extremely humbled and relaxed here.
Seeing all the smiling faces and beautifully unharmed scenery is really refreshing. This is an adventure many other people should encounter. Everything about Rwanda has such a delicate feel to it. The people here are even more remarkable. When I say this, I don’t only consider everything that has happened to Rwanda but also everything that has happened to Africa as a whole. The people here are truly warriors.
I can’t imagine life without my family. Many of these people continue on their journey through life without any of their family members around to witness their successes or failures. I find this to be incredibly difficult.
And yet they strive to be happy and live to celebrate another day.
I shall forever be inspired by their determination and willingness to stay happy, despite everything that has affected their homeland.
Talk to you soon,
Makeda
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