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Author / Magda Konieczna

Magda Konieczna is associate professor of journalism at Concordia University in Montreal. Her work focuses on the connections between journalism and democracy through examinations of new business models for news, the growth of collaborative news production, and a community-centered approach to journalism. She is the author of Journalism Without Profit: Making News When the Market Fails (Oxford University Press, 2018) and was a city hall reporter at the now-closed Guelph Mercury.

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    Mapping community news coverage in Montreal

    Researchers at Concordia University hope to identify municipalities in need of local coverage as potential locations for news start-ups  Continue Reading Mapping community news coverage in Montreal

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    Missed opportunities for community engagement

    An examination of the government-funded Local Journalism Initiative Continue Reading Missed opportunities for community engagement

  • Top corner of the Montreal Gazette newspaper

    Montreal Gazette: A case for the local ownership of community news media

    While local ownership brings a level of accountability to the news business, it is worth taking a moment to think about how to actually build a more responsible, community-focused news source Continue Reading Montreal Gazette: A case for the local ownership of community news media

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