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Canadian Heritage committee Local is a really hard nut to crack. I can't say I've fully cracked it with the Vancouver Observer. I think that is where we would really benefit from some sort of non-profit/charitable status, special status for journalism, that would allow in Vancouver, let's say, the Vancouver
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Right.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Well, again, I think as a committee, to do it, or as a government, to do it, you would have to be very bold. You would be attacked by people who disagree. Whatever definition you would come up with, I'm sure it would be under fire. However, again, you can look to France, where th
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Accreditation, yes, because right now we're in a pretty dangerous situation, actually. Anybody can say, “I'm a journalist. I get to come in. I get to crash the party.” Then they can start to use Twitter, use Facebook, or use their own web platform to promulgate untruth: lies.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee My advice would be to make sure that the journalism schools are teaching skills that are really relevant in today's journalism world. I believe at King's College they have an entrepreneurial journalism program. I think that's really important, because I think the journalists of t
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Honestly, it breaks my heart sometimes when I see kids pouring into journalism schools. Most of these programs are really successfully telling kids that they may not have a job in journalism when they come out of school, but they will have a lot of really valuable skills. I think
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee To help in education?
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Thank you.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee You're right. I think you and I both can spin that out into other scenarios historically where propaganda has led to mass killing, whether it's in Rwanda or Cambodia. It's a historical truth, and it's very dangerous. It's very important that we try to have some agreed-upon idea,
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee That's an interesting question. I would rather see us survive and thrive through subscriptions and not advertising, for sure. I would rather answer to the readers. I don't think you really do have to answer to advertisers, but still, the question of what should happen about adv
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Yes. Thank you.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee I've been in it full time for ten years. I started the Vancouver Observer ten years ago. I'm very devoted to making this work and I don't plan on giving up. Again, I see the future for us based on more of a relationship with the readers, and that depends on building our audienc
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee I'd like to see them not do that.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee Really? We submitted it quite some time ago.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood
Canadian Heritage committee We submitted it in French and English.
December 6th, 2016Committee meeting
Linda Solomon Wood