By Abby Plener for the Local News Conference
While working in community news, Wawmeesh Hamilton heard a story from a reporter at a rival paper that he found concerning.
The journalist told him that their publisher said that First Nations…
By Steph Wechsler for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre
The ongoing discussion about the state of Canadian news media tends to overlook what’s happening in smaller communities, local news advocate Robert Washburn said during a recent presentation at the Ryerson…
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre
The amount of news available about local contests for member of Parliament during the 2015 federal election depended on where in Canada voters were living, a new study by Ryerson University’s …
By Jaren Kerr
On September 11, 2001, Jeff Brodrucky helped hand out 10,000 copies of the Toronto Star to commuters passing through the Yonge-Sheppard subway station in Toronto.
“I gave out, at that time, ten thousand papers myself and they…
By Jim Cunningham
Roger Holmes is busy man these days.
The personable 65-year-old publisher of the weekly Star Edge in Wainwright, Alta and owner of Star News Publishing spent the first week of July in Moose Jaw, Sask., overseeing the…