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Robert Washburn
Professor e-journalism
Loyalist College

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Recent Posts

A growing group of journalists has cut back on Twitter, or abandoned it entirely

Photo illustration (Ren LaForme, Shutterstock) In late June, The New York Times published an article by Noam Scheiber detailing discomfort staffers at The Ringer feel about managers’ commitment to racial diversity and inclusion. K. Austin Collins, a former Ringer employee, was one of four Black journalists to detail his [...] Click here to view original web page at www.poynter.org

Reviving democracy requires reviving local journalism

The foundations of local journalism are crumbling, as this newsletter seeks to explain each week ; over the past few years, as the US has faced voter suppression, foreign meddling, and executive overreach—and as political polarization charges the atmosphere around the world—the foundations of a democratic government can also [...] Click here to view original web page at www.cjr.org

Report from the Field: Local Community Media Flourishes on Cable in a Crisis

The public access TV station of Goffstown, New Hampshire, broadcasts the swearing in of Fire Chief Brian Allard in 2019. (source: In Goffstown, New Hampshire, the local public, educational, and governmental cable access channel, Goffstown TV, went right to work once the pandemic hit.

Christopher Curtis: Why I’m quitting Postmedia to test a new model of journalism

I think about death. I pedal furiously into the night, until lactic acid burns my quads, until the trailer parks and pizza parlours by the lake give way to the hills outside Oka.

Drought hits crops hard, but food supply secure says Northumberland farmers

Full interview with bonus material below: Six months ago, I spoke with this same group of farmers from the Northumberland Federation of Agriculture. The lockdown had just started.