Category Archives: Journalism

Council transparency: Appearance or substance?

Posted on April 26, 2016 by

When it comes to efforts by Kitchener council to improve accountability and transparency, appearance of change is not enough. Such efforts must have clear, meaningful results and a motion from Coun. Scott Davey last night achieved no such thing. The motion … Continue reading →

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Decimated newsrooms serving up pablum journalism

Posted on January 26, 2016 by

In an era where newspapers die and decimated newsrooms continue to shrink,  it’s hardly surprising Kitchener residents are fed such a thin diet of daily-newspaper content. Pablum news is also dished up by our CBC outlet and other local radio-TV stations … Continue reading →

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Too little, too late in non-creative CEI spat

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

The average artist in Waterloo Region lives below the poverty line, earning $25,000-$30,000 a year. Tonight, at Waterloo Regional Council, Creative Enterprise Initiative (CEI) — a group supposedly formed to help those artists and small arts-culture groups — will ask … Continue reading →

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Missing quality journalism

Posted on August 23, 2013 by

Because I occasionally miss my newspaper days of column-writing and sometimes find myself griping about the quality of local journalism, I have decided to go back to scribbling opinion pieces in this blog. That quality of journalism, by the way, … Continue reading →

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