Media

ROTHENBURGER – The pandemic will either kill newspapers or save them

April 4, 2020 // 0 Comments

THE LAST NAIL IN THE COFFIN of the community newspaper industry has a name — COVID-19. Or, the virus might prove to be its salvation. It could go either way. Several [Continue]

MEDIA – TRU student presented with Armchair Mayor Journalism Award

November 29, 2019 // 0 Comments

Congratulations to Aidan Grether, the recipient of the 2019 Armchair Mayor Journalism Award. I had the pleasure of presenting Aidan with the award Thursday evening (Nov. 28, [Continue]

MEDIA – ‘People want truth, but not what the media are giving them’

September 26, 2019 // 1 Comment

By MEL ROTHENBURGER Director, Electoral Area P, TNRD Canadians want the truth, but they want the truth about stories the media aren’t giving them, former CBC news anchor [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Canada’s media shouldn’t decide their own bailouts

May 23, 2019 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. FEDERAL TAX SUBSIDIES to the media no doubt began with the best of intentions but they promise to end badly. Eight news organizations have [Continue]

KNOX – Well-known B.C. sports writer Jim Taylor was a childhood hero

January 13, 2019 // 1 Comment

“NOBODY WANTS to do funny anymore,” Jim Taylor would say, every time we talked. “They’re all so serious.” I would respond by furrowing my brow and nodding seriously [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – There will never be another like Angelo Iacobucci

December 15, 2018 // 0 Comments

ANGELO IACOBUCCI was good column fodder. I once wrote about watching in amazement as he sat in City council chambers during a meeting and ate French fries and clipped his toe [Continue]