Melissa Hank

Big Push, Big Worry

Big Push, Big Worry

Torstar's latest strategy is to gorge on smaller regional papers like the Stoney Creek News, but nothing's beefed up about its ability to inform the community

Mark Cripps, senior editor of The Stoney Creek News, strides into the Animal Control Centre with a mission. He’s here to take pictures for a regular animal adoption spot in his paper, called Pet Pause, which he started at a local girl’s suggestion. “Hi Mark. I didn’t get my paper last week,” a woman at […]

 Melissa Hank

The Journalism Bloggingspiel

The Journalism Bloggingspiel

Blogs are becoming a new form of journalism: serious and up-to-date but are they always reliable?

Like any self-respecting journalist, Tony Walsh has a ritual for soaking up the day’s news. Every morning, Walsh (at www.clickableculture.com) pours himself out of bed, pours a cup of coffee and pores over 24 of his favourite blogs. As a blogger and freelance writer for Shift’s online magazine and Exclaim! magazine, it’s his job to […]