Love’s labour lost?: Working for a sustainable alternative press
In Briarpatch’s June 2007 media issue Nicole Cohen writes: “I don’t recall the exact moment I became skeptical of the term labour of love, but I do remember the day it began feeling like an inappropriate descriptor for Shameless, the independent, feminist magazine for teens I co-founded in 2003 and edited until recently.” A look at the challenges of keeping an alternative media project afloat.
In Briarpatch’s June 2007 media issue Nicole Cohen writes: “I don’t recall the exact moment I became skeptical of the term labour of love, but I do remember the day it began feeling like an inappropriate descriptor for Shameless, the independent, feminist magazine for teens I co-founded in 2003 and edited until recently.” A look at the challenges of keeping an alternative media project afloat.
Patricia W. Elliott is a magazine journalist and assistant professor at the School of Journalism, University of Regina. You can visit her at patriciaelliott.ca.