Local news

The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable
Read More Continue Reading Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up

Rosalyn Roy was driving home from the Gulf News office, where she used to work as a local reporter, when she noticed a young girl alone and holding a handwritten protest sign, perched on the wall in front of the Channel-Port aux Basques town hall.
Read More Continue Reading There’s no journalism on a dead planet

Survey of small-market papers finds workers anxious about ad revenue, stressed about digital competition but still have their readers’ trust
Read More Continue Reading Local news snapshot finds journalists split on their future

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

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

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
Read More Continue Reading How Doug Ford is endangering local news ecosystems

The Yukon-based newspaper goes down to three editions per week for the first time since 1985
Read More Continue Reading Whitehorse Star cuts print days in anticipation of carbon tax

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

The social media giant pledges funds to launch a Local News Accelerator
Read More Continue Reading Facebook Canada announces $2.5-million investment in Canadian news industry