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.

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

Missed opportunities for community engagement

Focus group members gathered at the Focus Media Centre in Regent Park, Toronto.

An examination of the government-funded Local Journalism Initiative

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

Copies of the ‘Montreal Gazette’ are shown on a newsstand in Montréal on Feb. 16, 2023. Local Montréal businessman Mitch Garber has expressed interest in buying the newspaper. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

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