ROCHELLE RAVEENDRAN

writer, journalist

About

I'm a fourth-year journalism student at Toronto Metropolitan University with an interest in news, arts & culture, and satire.I was Fun & Satire editor at The Eyeopener, TMU's independent student newspaper, for over a year, where I gained extensive copyediting experience and was nominated for a John H. McDonald Award for Excellence in Student Reporting.

SELECTED WORKS

NEWS

• TMSU finishes first week with (mostly) virtual leadership

• Research by TMU profs could help diagnose cancer with a blood drop

• Feature: To vax or not to vax

• American tech company violated Canadian privacy rights with facial recognition tool, watchdogs say

• Trans Awareness Month storytime at Ryerson promotes transgender and non-binary inclusive books

• Ryerson students frustrated by additional course costs and full tuition fees

ARTS & CULTURE

• Feature: Capturing a new hometown narrative

• Women contend with religious social control in 'Water' and 'Women Talking'

• Justin Bieber’s 'My World. 2.0' is a harrowing, cliché trip down middle school memory lane

THE HUMAN NATURE ISSUE

A special fun & satire issue of The Eyeopener, Toronto Metropolitan University's student newspaper, that I conceived, produced, and edited.

• Link to issue microsite

FUN & SATIRE

• Deep Dive: 'The Emoji Movie' is a post-modern, anticapitalist epic for the ages

• Ryerson's statue toppling is the worst thing to happen in Canada ever

• Quiz: How to process negative feelings about Ryerson's name change

• Leaked draft of alternate names and mottos for Ryerson University

• RSU hits rock bottom, continues digging deeper

• Rams water-basketball team sinks in deep-season opener

PERSONAL & ESSAYS

• Editorial: Nature is what makes us human

• Is this the real life? Or just frosh week?

• Do you hear what I hear? Do you see what I see?

• Cupcakes and crushes

• Seven lessons learned from first year

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