School of Journalism

Biography:

Anne McNeilly began teaching news reporting and copy editing to Ryerson students in 2006 after more than 25 years as a journalist including 18 years at The Globe and Mail and eight years prior to that as a news reporter for the Ottawa Citizen and the Kitchener-Waterloo Record where she won six provincial newspaper awards for feature writing, beat reporting, column writing and spot news.  

After joining The Globe in 1986, Anne held a variety of positions including: copy chief, managing a copy desk of 14 editors; assistant national editor where she helped co-ordinate national news coverage: and assistant arts editor where she oversaw annual coverage of the Cannes film festival and Toronto’s International Film Festival (TIFF).  In 2000, she joined a six-member team that launched the paper’s new Focus section. Her most unforgettable week in news followed Sept. 11, 2001, when the Focus team worked almost around the clock to pull together three feature sections in four days.

She worked briefly at The University of Guelph-Humber where she oversaw the launch of the first issues of the fledgling journalism department’s first student newspapers.

When she arrived at Ryerson, she mistakenly believed it would give her more time to work on a novel that she now hopes to finish sometime this century.

Qualifications:

Honours B.A. in English from Queen’s University in Kingston

M.A. in Journalism from the University of Western Ontario

Research Interest:

Her research interests include the teaching and scholarship of journalism education, the convergence of various news platforms and the implications for young journalists, and language use in the digital age and the impact on news and communication.

Current Courses:

JRN 120 - The Culture of News

JRN 121 - Introduction to Reporting

Professional Affiliations:

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Canadian Communication Association, Canadian Association of Journalists