Rather than bolstering the corporations that have decimated Canada’s media ecosystem, the federal tax incentive package should be used to fund journalists’ work Continue Reading Bail out the journalists, not their bosses
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Dale Bass started her 45-year journalism career in 1973 at the London Free Press. She remembers a bustling newsroom of 185, with two or three city hall reporters. Bass would sometimes be sent to the municipal Committee of Adjustments, which dealt with “neighbourhood squabbles”, when city hall reporters were busy with more important work. Bass recently retired…
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The federal government’s recent announcement of financial support for news organizations has been met with understandably wide-ranging reactions — from relief to skepticism, and worse. Among other measures, the package will incentivize consumers to sign up for digital…
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Community reporters have the opportunity to connect directly with their audiences. But are they earning reader confidence? Canadians aren’t so sure. Continue Reading Building trust at the local level
“In a city with 700,000 people, roughly, (and) only one (English-language print) media outlet, it leaves a big space for others to come in:” Joel Wittenbel. Continue Reading The Pointer launches for Brampton readers
According to data collected by the Local News Research Project, a majority of closures have been community papers. Continue Reading Over 250 Canadian news media outlets have closed in the last 10 years
Public Policy Forum research could indicate that local newspapers are being saturated by wire service stories, rather than featuring local political coverage. Continue Reading New report finds newspaper cuts bad news for local political coverage