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Posted inMorning File

No, micropayments won’t save journalism

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirtA white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Philip Moscovitch and Suzanne Rent May 2, 2023May 2, 2023

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Posted inBusiness and Development

Parliamentary committee to investigate ownership of Paper Excellence

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 31, 2023March 31, 2023
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Posted inMorning File

‘This asshole bought 10 acres on P.E.I. to be alone, and then told a national magazine about it,’ and other ways to profit from rage-inducing journalism

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Tim Bousquet and Jennifer Henderson March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Posted inCommentary

The CBC continues to push an anti-Cuban line while downplaying the U.S. embargo

by Stephen Kimber March 12, 2023March 12, 2023
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Posted inMorning File

Advertising is bad

by Tim Bousquet February 15, 2023February 15, 2023
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Posted inCommentary

OMG, The Coast, and the Halifax Examiner: one rich man won’t save journalism, and neither will one not-rich man

by Tim Bousquet February 15, 2023February 15, 2023
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Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

Journalism, multimedia workshop now open to Black students in Nova Scotia

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter January 18, 2023January 18, 2023
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Posted inBlack Nova Scotia

‘No Black experience is the same:’ documenting Black Maritimers’ stories

A smiling Black man with a shaved head and wire rimmed glasses wears a headphone in a recording studio by Matthew Byard, Local Journalism Initiative reporter December 20, 2022December 29, 2022
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Posted inJournalism

Elon Musk’s petulant Twitter antics threaten the survival of local journalism around the globe; here’s the story of one Canadian start-up

by Tim Bousquet December 19, 2022December 19, 2022
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Posted inCommentary

Could a robot write this? Lessons on using AI writing tools, and what they mean for journalism

A smiling man with a dark short beard, dark framed glasses, wearing a green shirt by Philip Moscovitch December 15, 2022February 1, 2023

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PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


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2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.


UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

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