Community Media

Who holds officials accountable when cities like Thunder Bay, Ont., rife with political and racial tensions, have no local reporters?
Read More Continue Reading How Ottawa should spend its $50 million to support local news

Critics say the CRTC’s policies fail to address the needs of smaller, independent broadcasters.
Read More Continue Reading The CRTC’s “Big Telecom” blind spot

As 2018 dawns, it’s clear that Canada’s news media are in danger of lurching into the abyss unless Ottawa takes action soon.

Enforcing our country’s anti-trust laws to stop the… Continue Reading Year of reckoning looms for Canada’s newspapers

Canadians often mourn the loss of their local newspaper. But there’s a disconnect, because few Canadians actually pay for a local news subscription.
Read More Continue Reading Instead of mourning local news, try paying for it

Small newsrooms are filling important investigative gaps – but it isn’t easy.
Read More Continue Reading Big stories from small places

Here’s how journalists can band together to start worker owned media outlets.
Read More Continue Reading What if we imagined a future where media workers were owners?

Experts investigating local news ecosystems research community characteristics that may predict news poverty
Read More Continue Reading Newspaper closures in Guelph, Brampton leaving communities underserved

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

John Ferri, VP of Current Affairs and Documentaries at TVO, explains how the Ontario Hub model will work.
Read More Continue Reading New TVO Ontario Hubs might be a model for supporting local journalism

Wawatay Native Communication Society says it was denied the Toronto and Ottawa licenses because of its government funding.
Read More Continue Reading Controversial CRTC decision raises questions about space on airwaves for Indigenous broadcasters