Community papers are closing across the country. This has massive implications for small communities.
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On September 21st, WSIC had Carmel Smyth, president of the Canadian Media Guild, and Steve Paikin, host of TVO’s The Agenda speak about the role of public broadcasters in the age of the internet and social media.
CBC was created in 1932 by R. B. Bennett to keep American penetration to a minimum. Almost all developed nations have a public broadcaster but Canada might be the only one to do it in English, French, plus 8 native languages.
While social media is great at spreading news quickly, …
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Steve Paikin and Carmel Smyth tackle the issue of public broadcasting at our next WSIC event September 21.
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On Tuesday, February 17th, the topic of conversation for WSIC audience members was Politics and Media Responsibility – hosted in our new venue, the Windup Bird Café. The venue was packed and WSIC attendees were treated to an exciting debate on the issue, all while enjoying delicious food and ambience.
Suzanna Kelley, Editor in Chief of Ontario News Watch, opened up the discussion by contextualizing political journalism as an important cog in the democratic political process; journalists serve the public, as opposed to any political party. …
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Freedom of the press is one of the foundations of our democracy. However, in the last decade our business model of journalism has increasingly caused stress on the industry. Newspapers are searching for ways to provide news and make money while the general population is now used to getting their news for free and in real time through internet sites. So much of today’s news comes in the form of recycled stories across cities, provinces, and countries, as well as in bite sized tweet form. The rise of the blogger has meant that a flood of opinions now compete …
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