Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:
- Wednesday was Otiena Ellwand’s last day at the Edmonton Journal. She confirmed she is leaving to “pursue an adventure abroad.” Best of luck Otiena!
- Global Edmonton news director Michael Fulmes is off to Saskatchewan after more than 10 years with the station. Here’s an interview I did with Michael back in 2014.
- Here’s a clip of Dan Tencer, Karen Unland, and Tristin Hopper on Alberta Primetime discussing the rebuild in Fort McMurray and other recent stories.
- Maria Orydzuk has some great photos of Gary James as he heads into retirement after 37 years.
- Here are the latest blog and podcast roundups from Seen and Heard in Edmonton.
- GigCity announced that Colin Maclean, Mel Priestley, and others are reviewing Fringe plays this year,
with a goal of reviewing of all 200+ shows. “Think of GigCity as a lifeboat,” they wrote, commenting on the recent changes in local media. - Here are reviews of Fringe show Radio Star from the Edmonton Journal and After the House Lights. It’s a 1940s detective radio play.
- Capital Ideas and ATB Financial have teamed up for an event called The Art of Business featuring Marty Chan, Holger Petersen, and Annie Dugan.
- The Terra Centre is looking for a Communications Coordinator.
- The University of Alberta’s Faculty of ALES is looking for a Director of Communications.
- Edmonton-born YouTube star Mike Tompkins has made waves with a music video in support of Hillary Clinton.
Throwback to the Edmonton Bulletin, photo by Bill Burris
And here is some slightly less local media stuff:
- Via Marty Forbes, here is an interesting slide on the shift in media consumption by generation.
- Arianna Huffington announced this week that she is stepping down from the company she co-founded 11 years ago.
- Perhaps Donald Trump’s favorite adversary is the media and he has “increasingly organized his general-election effort around antagonizing the press.”
- Anil Dash has written about the lost infrastructure of social media. As someone who has been blogging for nearly 13 years now, I can certainly see where he’s coming from.
- Here are the Q1 2016 results for newspapers and magazines from Vividata.
- Are alt-weeklies in Canada nearing their end? Now Magazine in Toronto has run into issues, and there was an exodus recently at Vue Weekly here in Edmonton.
You can follow Edmonton media news on Twitter using the hashtag #yegmedia. For a great overview of the global media landscape, check out Mediagazer.
So, what have I missed? What’s new and interesting in the world of Edmonton media? Let me know!
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