The News Biz

THE MEDIA – Community papers survive by staying true to their roots

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

IN THE MANY thousands of words that have been written about the collapse of Canadian daily newspapers, there is a parallel good news story that has been untold. There are [Continue]

ONE MILLION! – ArmchairMayor.ca website approaches a big milestone

March 11, 2017 // 4 Comments

ONE MILLION is such a nice, round number. As of today, ArmchairMayor.ca has attracted more than 955,000 views since its inception in 2008. It won’t be long before we hit [Continue]

THE MEDIA – Trump is wrong; the news media is #NotTheEnemy

February 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

By SHAUNA SNOW-CAPPARELLI Associate professor of journalism Mount Royal University IT WAS a swift, and effective blow that struck at the heart of the very belief system and [Continue]

Thanks to all who helped create new Journalism bursary

December 7, 2015 // 0 Comments

I had the pleasure of presenting the first Armchair Mayor News Journalism Bursary to Brittany Kapsha at the recent TRU awards day. Brittany is completing her Journalism [Continue]

Big changes in store for Armchair Mayor News as it joins NewsKamloops.com

August 2, 2015 // 10 Comments

Some big changes are coming for The Armchair Mayor News. This coming week, the blog will merge with a new website called NewsKamloops.com, an online newspaper I’m [Continue]

ROGERS — Newspaper errors have a way of living on for eternity

March 15, 2015 // 1 Comment

Mark Rogers writes a column about social media and hosts a blog at http://www.newsonaut.com. COLUMN — A newspaper mistake briefly made the rounds on Twitter last week — [Continue]