4 years ago
Listening to community members essential, say Indigenous journalists sharing industry experiences at local news conference
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…
4 years ago
News needs of smaller communities require special attention, researcher says
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Research
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…
5 years ago
Suburban and rural communities underserved by local media, new election research suggests
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Research
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 …
5 years ago
As the ink fades
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Business
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…
5 years ago
Meet the Prairies’ newest newspaper magnate
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…
5 years ago
Crowd-sourced map tracks what’s happening to local news outlets across Canada
Map will track news outlet closures and openings across the country.
5 years ago
Globe Public Editor: A parliamentary committee to save the news? Good luck with that
By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail
This week in Ottawa, Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage began to study how Canadians “are informed about local and regional experiences” by the media, whether broadcasting, digital or print.
It’s…
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