November Subscription Drive Tempa Hull was the Examiner’s first employee, and did a wonderful job setting up an administrative and bookkeeping system and then training her replacement before taking a job with the province. She writes: When Tim asked if I would share my thoughts on why readers should subscribe to the Halifax Examiner, I […]
Destroying my father’s legacy
Talks between the Halifax Typographical Union and The Halifax Herald have for the third time in nine months broken down, escalating frustration of all concerned. The 56 members of the union have reported they were told by Herald negotiator Ian Scott that if they don’t capitulate to the company’s terms they will be out on the […]
The green episode: Examineradio, episode #79
This week, alongside a number of international military warships and a crap-ton (sorry, crap-tonne) of cruise ships, the Greenpeace Arctic Sunrise docked in the Halifax harbour, fresh off a tour in Nunavut. Examineradio contributor Francella Fiallos took a tour of the boat and spoke with some of its crew members. On Thursday, approximately 60 protesters gathered […]
Art for the one per cent: Examineradio, episode #65
This week we speak with local arts writer Ron Foley Macdonald about the dearth of arts criticism in Nova Scotia and how fewer arts organizations are taking risks with their content for fear of alienating their corporate benefactors. MacDonald writes extensively about arts and culture at View902. Also, Russell reads an actual daily newspaper written by actual journalists […]
Kid Rock was right! Examineradio, episode #63
This week we speak to restaurateur and mayoral candidate Lil MacPherson. With her business partner Chris Bower and a handful of other forward-looking chefs and restauranteurs, MacPherson brought the concept of local and sustainable to a new level in Halifax. MacPherson now wants to bring that ethos to a civic level. Plus, Scott Ferguson is finally exiled to the […]
Chronicle Herald president Mark Lever a no-show at Game Changers event
The president and CEO of the Chronicle Herald was a no-show yesterday at a “Game Changers” event hosted by the Halifax Partnership at the Harbourfront Marriott hotel. Herald boss Mark Lever had been scheduled to hand out cash awards to three winners who entered 30-second videos of themselves in a “Pitch It!” competition aimed at...
Swedish for Slave Labour: Examineradio, episode #45
As we count down the minutes until the Chronicle Herald locks out its unionized workers, we speak with Kelly Toughill, Director of the School of Journalism at University of King’s College about the future of print media in Nova Scotia and what the work stoppage will mean to young journalists trying to ply their trade. Plus, […]
“Anti-journalism”: the Chronicle Herald’s World.Oyster.Go. advertorials for NSBI are a step too far
编年史先驱是印刷杂志舞会oting Nova Scotia Business, Inc, the province’s economic development agency. The campaign includes “freelance-written articles and original photography appearing weekly in the printed Herald and its community papers, banner advertisements, social media, and a specially designed online hub of content,” wrote NSBI spokesperson Shawn Hirtle in an email. NSBI paid $34,900...
Scapegoating Heritage Trust
It’s Beat Up on Heritage Trust time. Again. This time it’s a full page ad in the Chronicle Herald signed by seemingly everyone in town connected in some way to the development industry, including Sarah Dennis, the Herald’s owner and publisher, and her husband Mark Lever, the company’s president. The ad attacks Heritage Trust for asking for […]