7 months ago
Reflections on a year of the Fraser Valley Current
Starting a new enterprise is always a gamble. It’s a bet on yourself, on those who will help you, and on your audience. Managing editor Tyler Olsen breaks down what The Current's learned after Year One
1 year ago
Survey: making social media giants share ad revenue would support local journalism, say newsroom leaders
More than 80% of respondents across print and broadcasting reporting lower ad revenue during COVID-19
3 years ago
Journalists rejoice as Arkells try to boost local news subscriptions
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News
The Ontario band’s T-shirt-based news offer had media makers singing their praises
3 years ago
Local news outlets can fill the media trust gap – but the public needs to pony up
The appetite for smart local news is there. The challenge is figuring out how to make it profitable
3 years ago
There’s no journalism on a dead planet
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Feature
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.
3 years ago
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
3 years 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 crimes per capita. Systemic racism embedded in shoddy …
4 years 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
4 years 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
4 years 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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