About Angela Long

Dennis Smyk was the Driftwood, the paper that was the voice of Ignace, Ont. since the ‘70s
Read More Continue Reading Death of an owner silences small northern Ontario paper

After 14 years of newsroom cuts, reporter Judy Wells is determined to keep her local paper alive
Read More Continue Reading There’s a one-woman show in Deloraine, Manitoba

Why a 24-year old gives up city life for a job at his local paper and then, five years later, buys it
Read More Continue Reading A millennial buys the local paper

Why a 109-year old, family-owned Alberta outlet remains optimistic about the future despite a shifting rural population
Read More Continue Reading A fourth-generation newspaper rides the waves of change

How a woman from southern Ontario and a man from the Prairies figured out local-news survival in B.C.’s Kootenays
Read More Continue Reading Delivery by the thousands beneath glacier-clad peaks

When the island paper was sold to Black Press Media, Haida Gwaii residents began to re-evaluate their relationship to local news
Read More Continue Reading Do oil and paper mix on B.C.’s northwest coast?

The warming effects of local media in a subarctic town
Read More Continue Reading Not gold, but close

While big-city newsrooms discuss the future of local news, the voice of rural Canada wanes.
Read More Continue Reading The Power of Place: When ‘Local’ is More than a Catchphrase

By Angela Long for the Local News Conference

If you want to learn about the Muslim community, don’t read the news, says the associate editor of The Islamic Monthly.  

Steven Zhou, who… Continue Reading Muslim communities are telling new stories to break old stereotypes, say panelists