Bryan Borzykowski - Freelance Writer

About Bryan

Bryan Borzykowski is a Toronto-based writer, editor and blogger, working mainly for business and entertainment publications. He's currently a senior editor at Canadian Business Online and a contributing editor at UR Magazine, a music and technology glossy. Prior to this he was a staff writer at Advisor.ca, a Rogers-owned business website, an associate editor at Canadian Business magazine and the reviews editor at Chart Magazine, a national music publication. Bryan is also the founder and editor-in-chief of The New Pollution, an online music magazine.

Bryan's contributed news and travel stories to the National Post, news to the Winnipeg Free Press and music and entertainment pieces to Maclean's, Chatelaine, Inside Entertainment, AOL Canada, Metro, Marketing Magazine, Exclaim!, NOW and Under The Radar, among other publications. He's appeared on the MuchMoreMusic programs Popaganda and Listed and on CBC News Sunday Night. He's also been interviewed by the Canadian Press and the Christian Science Monitor.

In university Bryan was the arts editor of the Ryersonian (Ryerson University's student paper) and arts editor, features editor and editor-in-chief of the Uniter (University of Winnipeg's student paper).

In 2004 Bryan graduated from Ryerson University's Graduate Journalism program.

See Bryan's full resume here.

What's New:

Read Bryan's Canadian Business blog, Political Points, here.

Advisor.ca articles can be found here.

MAY

Chatelaine story on Holly Jones' mother Maria

Metro articles on Green Day , Patrick Watson, Ciara

APRIL

CBO story on Michael Ignatieff's economic policies

CBO article on Canada at the G20

Peter, Bjorn and John, Diana Krall, Junior Boys, Metric, MSTRKRFT in Metro

MARCH

CBO story on managing layoffs

CBO article on the Ontario budget

Three part series in Metro on how the recession is affecting the music industry. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

Stories on U2, Shout Out Out Out Out, Joel Plaskett in Metro

CBO story on Conrad Black's first anniversary in jail

FEBRUARY

UR Magazine story on U2 (cover)

Canadian Business Online piece about Barack Obama's visit to Canada

Chatelaine article on how to invest your money

Canadian Business Online story about Canwest and the end of over-the-air television

Malajube, Jenn Grant, Von Bondies, music at the Oscars in Metro

JANUARY

Land of Talk, Nickel Eye, AC Newman, Bruce Springsteen, Franz Ferdinand in Metro

Article on Canadian Business Online about the video game industry

Canadian Business Online piece on how Barack Obama's presidency will impact Canada's economy

Canadian Business Online story on Canada's First Ministers Conference

DECEMBER

Canadian Business Online article on Bernard Madoff

Story on tax-free savings accounts at Canadian Business Online

Martha Wainwright and Brian Borcherdt stories in NOW

Fall Out Boy in Metro

NOVEMBER

Chris Cornell in Metro

Best of 2008 in UR Magazine

2009 the year ahead in UR Magazine

OCTOBER

Road to Wellness piece on Lisa Klassen for Chatelaine

Oasis, Ben Folds, Keane and Snow Patrol in Metro

SEPTEMBER

Metro stories on Okkervil River, Santogold and Mother Mother

Bloc Party in UR Magazine (cover story)

AUGUST

Interview with Human Highway in Metro News

Wolf Parade story in NOW

Mates of State interview in NOW

JULY

Piece on Toronto musician Katie Stelmanis in NOW

Article in Canadian Business on user generated content websites

Metro News story on Fleet Foxes

Interview wirth Ron Sexsmith for Metro News

JUNE

Black Lungs in UR Magazine

UR Magazine's summer festival and concert guide

Plants and Animals story in Words & Music

Piece on My Morning Jacket for Metro News

Story in Maclean's on EMI Records.

MAY

Story in Maclean's on bands raising money from fans to record

Article on Snowden in NOW

APRIL

Death Cab For Cutie feature in UR Magazine

Article on Laura Barrett in UR Magazine

Kathleen Edwards story in Inside Entertainment

Piece on Robyn in Inside Entertainment

MARCH

Article on Nada Surf in NOW

Shelby Lynne interview in NOW

Story in Maclean's on library CD collections going digital

Finger Eleven feature in Words & Music

FEBRUARY

Feist in UR Magazine (cover story)

Winnipeg hip-hop act Grand Analog and Vancouver R&B/indie pop act No Kids in UR Magazine

New Pollution issue #20 now online

Hayden in NOW

Best Rock Cities in CAA Magazine

Story on the evolution of financial designations for Advisor's Edge

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2007 articles

2006 articles