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Local news snapshot finds journalists split on their future
Survey of small-market papers finds workers anxious about ad revenue, stressed about digital competition but still have their readers’ trust
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2 months ago
Thunder Bay: Local news is important for conversations on reconciliation
The Ontario city of Thunder Bay is in the headlines these days for all the wrong reasons. Canada’s highest rates of murder and violent crime. The highest number of hate… Continue Reading Thunder Bay: Local news is important for conversations on reconciliation
2 months ago
There’s a one-woman show in Deloraine, Manitoba
After 14 years of newsroom cuts, reporter Judy Wells is determined to keep her local paper alive
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3 months ago
A millennial buys the local paper
Why a 24-year old gives up city life for a job at his local paper and then, five years later, buys it
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3 months ago
How Doug Ford is endangering local news ecosystems
Since the Ontario premier announced changes to student fee policies, many have called out the risks for campus media. But weakening student journalism won’t just threaten the schools’ information access
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3 months ago
Whitehorse Star cuts print days in anticipation of carbon tax
The Yukon-based newspaper goes down to three editions per week for the first time since 1985
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3 months ago
A fourth-generation newspaper rides the waves of change
Why a 109-year old, family-owned Alberta outlet remains optimistic about the future despite a shifting rural population
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3 months ago
Facebook Canada announces $2.5-million investment in Canadian news industry
The social media giant pledges funds to launch a Local News Accelerator
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4 months ago
Delivery by the thousands beneath glacier-clad peaks
How a woman from southern Ontario and a man from the Prairies figured out local-news survival in B.C.’s Kootenays
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4 months ago
Bail out the journalists, not their bosses
Rather than bolstering the corporations that have decimated Canada’s media ecosystem, the federal tax incentive package should be used to fund journalists’ work
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