Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• Kari Skelton has made a big announcement – she won’t be returning to Up! 99.3 FM. “When it came time to make a difficult decision, my little guy made it easy. My biggest honour and achievement is being a full-time mom. For now, that’s the job title I’m proud to keep.” Congrats!
• Megan Voss has decided to leave the Sherwood Park News after a little over two and a half years. Her goodbye column should be published here on Tuesday. Best of luck Megan!
• Check out 20 Questions with Stacey Brotzel. If she wasn’t in media she would be…”Marketing Mr. Brotzel’s hair gel.” Love it.
• I will definitely admit to playing the “Find Any Good Song” game in the car. From Gig City on Edmonton’s radio scene: “So many stations creates a flipper’s paradise.”
• It sounds like former Edmonton Journal reporter John MacKinnon is headed for Montreal. He was one of the folks let go when Postmedia merged the newsrooms back in January. I noticed he has been blogging on LinkedIn recently, so watch that space.
• In the latest episode of Monetizing Your Creativity, Marty Forbes talks about podcasting. “Do you have a great career ahead of you in radio, podcasting, or both? We have some excellent advice here from one of North America’s most respected radio executives … someone who walks the talk, tweets the truth and podcasts his point-of-view.”
• Here’s a great photo of the media folks that call City Hall their home away from home.
• Be sure to check out the latest blog and podcast roundups from Seen and Heard in Edmonton.
• Here’s a MIX 96 FM aircheck featuring Todd James.
• The old CityTV space in Enterprise Square will serve as the temporary home for the Stanley Milner Library while the current location on Churchill Square is redeveloped. It’ll be great to see that part of Jasper Avenue activated!
• Karen is teaching a workshop on August 4 about how podcasting can help get your word out at the new ATB Entrepeneur Centre. It’s free to register but space is limited.
• The polls are open for Vue Weekly’s Best of Edmonton 2016 and there are plenty of media categories on the ballot (and a few online ones too). Voting closes August 22.

Premier Rachel Notedly poses with actor R. Madhavan at the India Film Festival of Alberta, photo by Premier of Alberta

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• Rogers may be feeling the effects of having no Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs but TSN fared better without the NHL than expected. “TSN, for the most part, remains the network viewers turn to for NHL events outside of the games, such as the trade deadline and free agency.” Lots of good information in that article about both TSN and Sportsnet.
• According to a recent CRTC report, about 160,000 Canadians cancelled their TV subscription last year. But losses were offset by increased prices, of course.
• Netflix had forecasted it would add 2.5 million subscribers in Q2 but it only added 1.7 million and it blamed the miss on press about the price hike.
• This is so incredibly interesting to me: “When the Republican National Convention kicks off in Cleveland Monday, BuzzFeed will have a reporter in everyone’s pocket. On Sunday, BuzzFeed launched BuzzBot, an automated chatbot for Facebook’s Messenger app.” I’m very eager to see what comes of it.

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• Here’s an update on where things are at with Taproot Edmonton. We have learned a lot from our members over the last few weeks and are continuing to march forward! “The next step will be to engage our storytellers to pick an idea, scope it out, and see if we can bring it to fruition.” You can help us by becoming a member.
• Congrats to The Movie Jerks podcast on 200 episodes! “Its Edmonton creators and hosts, JP Fournier and Shawn Gramiak, have marvelled at numbers as high as 50,000 downloads, usually coming in around 30,000.”
• Episode 45 of the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast features “Jessica Cooreman and Katie Woodfine, the hardcore footy fans behind For Kicks, a podcast that follows the Canadian national women’s team on the road to Rio, as well as women’s soccer in general.”
• “We tend to hold the content published in mainstream newspapers higher than blogs and online content, for its supposed sense of professionalism and legitimacy – though certainly there are both good and bad critics in both spheres,” writes Mel Priestley in this feature on restaurant reviews. She interviewed Twyla Campbell, Liv Vors, and Phil Wilson for the piece. Then she joined Phil for an episode of the Off Menu Podcast discussing the topic.
• Rope for Hope, a fundraising challenge for Make-A-Wish in Northern Alberta, takes place on Wednesday at the Coast Edmonton Plaza Hotel. But some members of the local media will get a crack at it tomorrow.
• Postmedia has an opening for a Reporter at the Journal/Sun “who will help drive and coverage of issues and events in Alberta’s capital and northern Alberta.” The deadline to apply is July 25.
• The Oilers Entertainment Group is looking for a Director of Live Events and New Ventures. In addition to the Oilers and Oil Kings, “OEG also owns and operates one of Canada’s most accomplished television, event, and brand-promotion companies and has recently added Silver Pictures Entertainment to its growing sports & entertainment business.”
• CBC Edmonton has five new job postings as of last week: Associate Producer (Digital), Digital Associate Producer, Executive Producer, Producer, and Senior Reporter (French Services).
• Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli has received intense criticism for some of his off-season moves, like trading Taylor Hall for Adam Larsson. But it sounds like he was ready for it. “It’s a tough business. Whatever you do social media is going to criticize you. Whatever you do. It’s like talk radio and it’s a really public forum — and you don’t look at it basically.”
• From CBC News, here are 5 independent Indigenous media sources to check out online, including Edmonton-based Windspeaker.
• Disney’s NEWSIES, based on the 1992 film “loosely based on the New York City Newsboys Strike of 1899”, is on stage at the Jubilee through Sunday.
• If you like Vintage Edmonton from Rev Recluse, you should check out his new project called News Obscure.

Rob Hislop shooting at the TrackTown Olympic Trials, photo by Don Voaklander

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• It’s all Pokemon Go these days in my social media feeds, how about you? Linda rounds up the news on that and more in her latest social media notes.
• Here’s the latest on Postmedia. The company has “proposed a recapitalization plan that would reduce its total debt obligation by about $307 million, putting the country’s largest newspaper publisher on sounder financial footing.” Sounds like a bunch of financial magic to prolong the inevitable.
• From Liz Spayd, the new Public Editor at the New York Times, on the importance of listening: “Had we been listening more carefully and sooner, we would have known that our readers were using their phones for news while we were focused on monitors.”
• Here is an interview with Re/code’s Peter Kafka on the digital trends that will most impact audio, online radio, radio, and podcasting. It’s 20 minutes long but he shares some interesting thoughts.
• BuzzFeed takes a look at the relationship between Twitter and Facebook when news breaks.

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• 630 CHED’s Ryan Jespersen has been named one of the most influential people in Alberta for 2016 by Alberta Venture. “By asking questions many others avoid (or don’t know to ask), and undeterred by his subjects’ fame or fortune, Jespersen has carved an important part of the media landscape out for himself,” the magazine wrote. Congrats Ryan!
• Capital Ideas Edmonton launched four years ago and this week released their Anniversary Report. They’ve had 4,090 attendees and 138 panelists in that time and today count more than 3,200 members. Congrats!
• Here are the latest blog and podcast roundups from Seen and Heard in Edmonton.
• Check out the full list of podcasts who have expressed interest in joining the Seen and Heard Podcast Network. If you want to be a sponsor, you can learn more here.
• The St. Albert Gazette is looking for a general assignment reporter. The deadline to apply is July 15.
• CTV Edmonton is looking for a writer/producer. The deadline to apply is July 8.
• Couple of other application deadlines coming up this week: Wednesday for Postmedia’s digital producer position and Friday for the Edmonton Examiner’s multimedia journalist summer internship.
• Nikita-Kiran Singh, outgoing editor of The Wanderer, has passed the torch on to Collins Maina, “an empathetic and reflective leader whose creativity, insight, and versatility will surely lead The Wanderer in a direction of dynamic growth.”
• After the House Lights has issued a call for media releases for the 2016 Fringe Festival. Jenna will preview every show that sends a media release, as she has done for the last two years.
• With a potential Canada Post strike looming, Postmedia has issued a statement on the possible disruption. If Canada Post currently delivers your paper, you might be stuck with the ePaper version for a while. “We will make every effort to hold copies in the meantime and mail them out after the labour dispute ends.”
• We have created a profile for Taproot Edmonton on Make Something Edmonton! It’s a natural fit: We’re makers, and we’re eager to work with our members to create a way to commission then promote curiosity-driven stories rooted in the place where we live. Speaking of our members, we’ve been busy prototyping the Story Garden with them, and we’d love for you to join us.

Photo by Premier of Alberta

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• BBC has announced plans for a news bureau in Toronto and the launch of a Canadian edition of BBC.com. The localized version will launch later this year. The announcement was made just days after BuzzFeed announced plans to scale back in Canada. There’s more on the news in this Financial Post article.
• Yesterday was the 20 year anniversary of the launch of CBCNews.ca. The site is currently being redesigned to be more responsive for mobile devices.
• Corus Entertainment has a new visual identity designed by Troika. The rebrand replaces the playful former logo with a much plainer new wordmark.
• In other Corus news, the investigative news program 16×9 has been cancelled, apparently in a bid to cut costs. Host Carolyn Jarvis (who local viewers will remember from Global Edmonton about ten years ago) “will remain at the network as its chief investigative correspondent.”
• There are changes taking place at News Talk 770 down in Calgary. Roger Kingkade has been let go while Danielle Smith is taking over the 9:30am-12:30pm timeslot starting tomorrow.
• Facebook made changes to its newsfeed this week, as noted by Linda. Here’s what Jay Rosen had to say: “Now that they’re publicly committed to certain values the next thing Facebook needs is a public editor to synthesize complaints and get answers when the company falls short.”
• Looking to see what’s new on Netflix in Canada this month? Jay has you covered.

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• Corus Entertainment and the Edmonton Eskimos have agreed to a multi-year deal that will keep the Eskimos on 630 CHED through 2021. “The 2016 season is CHED’s 23rd straight season as the Eskimos flagship.”
• A fundraising campaign to save Connect2Edmonton has raised more than $8,000 so it sounds like the site will live on. Metro has the story.
• The latest episode of Avry’s Sports Show features an interview with Gene Principe. “We chewed the fat on the Oilers, his career, the changing landscape in sports media and his encounters with Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky.”
• Episode 44 of the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast features Marcia J. Hamm, the wine lover who explores her passion and makes educated but accessible recommendations on her blog, Joy of Wine.
• The Edmonton Journal/Edmonton Sun is looking for a digital editor “to help drive traffic and engagement on our website and mobile apps.” The deadline to apply is July 6.
• The Edmonton Examiner is looking for a multimedia journalist for a 12-week summer intern position.
• NAIT’s Radio and Television program has an opening for an instructor in the television stream. The opportunity is “a one-year temporary position with the possibility of extension.”
• Here’s a bit of CFRN-TV-Radio ephemera from 1957, courtesy of Vintage Edmonton.
• The July issue of Avenue Edmonton includes an advertorial feature on Global Edmonton’s Su-Ling Goh and Laurel Gregory.
• From The Journal: “The Alberta First Responders Radio Communications System (AFRRCS) will be activated July 1, allowing police, emergency medical services, fire departments and government agencies to access and communicate on the same network instead of the standalone systems they use now.”

Alberta First Responders Radio Communications System, photo by Premier of Alberta

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• It’s official: George Stroumboulopoulos is out and Ron MacLean is back at Hockey Night in Canada. But Strombo wasn’t the only one cut – Glenn Healy, P.J. Stock, and five others all lost their jobs too.
• In her latest social media notes, Linda highlights the focus on video from Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, and of course YouTube. I love that Vine has expanded from a 6 second limit to 140 seconds.
• In his latest column, Marty Forbes shares some thoughts on the impact of digital on the media landscape.
• Canadians consider websites of major daily newspapers as the most prestigious media environments, according to the Context Matters Consumer Study, conducted by Rogers Insights in partnership with the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA), Marketing magazine and Globe Media Group.
• This is a pretty interesting read from CJR. Who owns the news consumer: Social media platforms or publishers?
• Brexit is one of those events that is perfectly suited to a roundup of newspaper front pages the day after.

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• After 10 years of providing a place for local discussions about our city, Connect2Edmonton is shutting down. The site launched on March 30, 2006 and was described as “the world’s first true online community exclusively dedicated to the global promotion of a geographic region.” It was originally supported by EEDC, Edmonton Airports, the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, and the City of Edmonton and later became a non-profit with an independent board of directors and group of volunteers.
• Mel Priestley has resigned from Vue Weekly after six years at the paper. “It’s my sincere hope that something rises up soon to fill in the steadily increasing gaps in local community coverage and alternative news voices – and I’m going to work hard to contribute to that,” she wrote.
• Karen and I recorded a brief interview talking about Taproot Edmonton. Give it a listen to hear more about what we’re up to!
• The CRTC has announced it will hold a hearing in Edmonton on September 27 to consider 12 applications for new radio stations.
• Vue Weekly interviewed Gwynne Dyer on the state of news media.
• Kari Skelton and Ryan Jespersen were featured along with their son Wyatt in a recent article on what to do when your baby won’t sleep. “Now at 11 months, he goes to bed after a bath and story, and sleeps for 12 hours.” Nice!
• In last week’s column, Marty Forbes covers some recent media moves and notes that Terry Jones is releasing a new book this week called Epic Legacies of the Edmonton Eskimos.
• Here is some additional commentary on the latest radio ratings from Pat Holiday.
• ICYMI: Here’s the latest blog and podcast roundups from Seen and Heard in Edmonton!
• The new season of Amazing Race Canada starts on June 28 on CTV and it features two teams from Edmonton.
• CKUA’s Party in the Park took place on Friday and looked like a lot of fun. They had a ukelele choir!

Photo courtesy of CKUA

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• In her latest social media notes, Linda links to a new study that suggests 59% of links shared on social media have never been clicked on.
• The CRTC has issued its new regulatory framework for local and community programming, following a process that began in September 2015. “English-language stations will be required to broadcast at least seven hours of locally relevant programming (especially news) per week in non-metropolitan markets, and 14 hours per week in metropolitan markets (namely Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Edmonton and Calgary).”
• This is mildly amusing: a graphic encouraging a boycott of “anti-conservative mainstream media” has been making the rounds. Ryan Jespersen made the list by name!
• From CJR: Why the news isn’t what it used to be.
• Here’s an update on the future of Gawker Media from founder Nick Denton. “Gawker will be just fine, both in business and in spirit.”
• The 13th annual Pew Research State of the News Media Report estimates that in 2015 the newspaper industry lost 7% of daily circulation and 8% of ad revenues.

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• The latest radio ratings are out. Now! 102.3 FM is once again on top, followed by 103.9 CISN Country and then 630 CHED. There’s some commentary at PSR and some additional breakdown and commentary from Bray & Partners Communications.
• The web show “To the Point” moderated by Councillor Mike Nickel has been on hiatus and won’t be coming back after someone posted a rape joke on the show’s Twitter account.
• From The Tyee: Fort Mac Fire Sparked Little Media Talk of Global Warming. “Mount Royal University journalism professor Sean Holman was so bothered by the scant climate coverage in the Fort Mac fire story that he stood up at a national journalism conference in Edmonton to ask reporters why.”
• Episode 43 of the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast features Matt Mercer-Slingsby, one of the hosts of Drink This Podcast. The episode is sponsored by Taproot and includes a conversation between Karen and I about our project!
• Sahar Saifee wrote about the Journalist Interrupted panel that took place last month at MacEwan. There’s video too!
• Congratulations to Edmonton Journal reporter Nick Lees who was inducted into the Edmonton Hall of Fame for Community Service.
• Congratulations to the Edmonton Journal on picking up five awards and one honorable mention in the 28th annual Society for Features Journalism awards.
• Did you enjoy that small taste of Calgary in your Edmonton Journal on Saturday? Just kidding, every city gets the same thing no matter what the subheading says.
• Eighteen Bridges is looking for a part-time managing editor. The deadline to apply is Wednesday.
• The Local Good is looking for a social media coordinator.
• The Yards is launching its Summer 2016 issue on Thursday, June 16 at the Creative Practices Institute in Oliver. Admission is $5.00.
• The new X-Men movie Apocalypse features drone footage created by St. Albert-based Smart Drones. Nice!
• A proposed change to the Centre for Writers at the University of Alberta has been halted for now. “The university originally planned to change the C4W from an academic unit in the Faculty of Arts to a student service in the office of the Dean of Students by July 1,” wrote Jamie Sarkonak in The Gateway. “According to those in the C4W, removing its academic direction could substantially impact writing education at the University of Alberta, as the centre’s academic tutoring would no longer be guided by a professor specialized in writing centre theory.”

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• CBCNews.ca was named Digital Publication of the Year in the 2016 Digital Publishing Awards.
• Shaw is planning to raise its residential TV, internet, and phone plans this summer. “Customers can expect to see a rate adjustment of approximately $0-5 for television, approximately $2-3 for Internet and $1 for phone services depending on the services they subscribe to.” The new rates will take effect August 1.
• Neimen Lab takes a look at Mary Meeker’s annual state of the internet slide deck and says the scariest chart for newspapers has gotten even scarier.
• Microsoft announced today it has agreed to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion. In an email to employees, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that together the two companies can “reinvent ways to make professionals more productive while at the same time reinventing selling, marketing and talent management business processes.” We’ll have to see how this affects LinkedIn’s Pulse.
• Here are Linda’s latest social media notes. I like punctuation, but apparently many young people interpret that negatively!

You can follow Edmonton media news on Twitter using the hashtag #yegmedia. For a great overview of the global media landscape, check out Mediagazer.

I’m working with Karen on a new approach to local journalism and we’d love for you to join us by becoming a member of Taproot Edmonton.

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• As mentioned last week, NAIT has received a $400,000 donation from Sportsnet. The money “will fund scholarships as well as support multimedia and digital media training, development and production at NAIT.”
• Congratulations to CBC Edmonton on winning four RTDNA Awards on Saturday. Janice Johnston, Andrea Huncar, Marion Warnica, and Rod Kurtz all won awards. CTV Edmonton and Global Edmonton (and Bob Layton) also picked up one award each. You can see the full list here.
• Jordan Hertner is the newest member of the CTV Edmonton team – her first day was today. She was formerly with Shaw TV.
• Ryan Jespersen has featured a couple media folks recently. On Thursday he spoke with Global Edmonton’s Gord Steinke about the return to Fort McMurray and how Global tells the story, and today he spoke with Claire Martin.
• The Yards is currently running a reader survey. Let them know how they can serve you better!
• Episode 43 of the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast features Jeff Samsonow of the edmontonian media co. talking about how to ask good questions.
• Also be sure to check out the latest podcast and blog roundups.
• Global Edmonton’s Carole Anne Devaney has had enough of trolls and blogged a response to them. “What those internet trolls seem to forget is that there’s much more to Carole Anne Devaney than what they see between 6 and 7 pm.”
• Former Edmonton Journal feature writer Elizabeth Withey won an Alberta Literary Award recently, one of six Edmontonians to do so. Congrats!
• Elise Campbell is the new community manager at Capital Ideas Edmonton. Congrats!
• Here’s a recap of a CAJ session on striking out on your own featuring Omar Mouallem, Caitlin Crawshaw, and Taylor Lambert.
• Wednesday is the deadline to apply for the Digital Content Editor position at CKUA.
• Leduc’s 93.1 The One FM is looking for a Program Director and On Air Personality.
• Edmontonians Ryan Stock and Amberlynn Walker were on America’s Got Talent recently and not only made it to the next round, but got a standing ovation from Simon Cowell! But beware, their stunt is disgusting and horrifying.
• Fort McMurray rock station 100.5 Cruz FM was off the air for two and a half days due to the wildfires but they’re back on the air now and were deemed an essential service. “The fire came perilously close to its transmitter near the airport, but caused no harm to it in the end.”
• We sent out the first newsletter last week for Taproot Edmonton! Still lots to be done, but it’s a start.

91.7 The Bounce in the Pride Parade, photo by Richard Le Sueur

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• In her latest social media notes, Linda points to the news that Facebook, Twitter, and some other big social networks have pledged to review requests for removing hateful content within 24 hours.
• The Winnipeg Free Press has been experimenting with micropayments and it sounds as though the experiment is going well. The organization has about 8,500 digital-only subscribers and sells about 1,000 articles per day. They’ve sold 265,000 articles since the model launched on July 1 last year.
• CTV’s Canada AM has ended after 43 years and will be replaced by new show “Your Morning” co-hosted by Ben Mulroney and former CBC News anchor Anne-Marie Mediwake.
• CBC is hoping to be seen as “editorial leaders” with new programming and other changes.
• According to a new comScore study, people prefer ads in podcasts over any other digital medium. “The study of 2,000 U.S. respondents ages 18 to 49 found that two-thirds of listeners have acted on ads they heard in a podcast either by researching a product or service or by actually purchasing something they first heard about in an episode.”
• From POLITICO: How Donald Trump Destroyed the Interview.
• From BuzzFeed: “BuzzFeed has terminated a deal with the Republican National Committee to run political advertisements in the fall, the company’s CEO, Jonah Peretti, informed employees Monday morning.”

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• Karen and I announced Taproot Edmonton last week, and we’re pretty thrilled with the initial response! Taproot is our attempt to figure out what the future of local journalism looks like. We’d love for you to join us by becoming a member!
• At the CAJ conference last week, it was mostly doom and gloom for local news. “I think local news is so screwed,” said one panelist. Obviously Karen and I disagree!
• Trish Audette-Longo and Brian Gorman wrote about the importance of journalism to a community, as demonstrated by the Fort McMurray wildfires. “Journalists are storytellers, and that is very important work. It involves more than just gathering facts and repeating them. It is about selecting, organizing and interpreting those facts so they make some kind of sense.”
• Reporters from Fort McMurray Today left their home on May 3 but haven’t missed a single day of printing. “With the help of our generous hosts at the Edmonton Journal, Sun and Examiner offices, we have been able to carry on with our jobs and bring some sense of normalcy back to our daily life.”
• “A baby girl, born just days after her parents were forced to flee a wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alta., will forever bear the name of a CBC reporter who helped document the disaster from the front lines.” Baby Briar was named after CBC reporter Briar Stewart.
• Sportsnet is donating $400,000 to NAIT to fund “scholarships as well as support multimedia and digital media training, development and production.” More details will be announced tomorrow afternoon.
• If you missed last week’s Journalist Interrupted panel, here’s a liveblog from J-Source.
• Sam Brooks is moving on from Capital Ideas. His next adventure will be revealed later this summer, and it appears it’ll be with a startup of some kind!
• Congrats to Capital Ideas on winning the “Best New Concept to Incubate Products or Ideas” category at the INMA Global Media Awards.
• Episode 41 of the Seen and Heard in Edmonton podcast features Jess Holt, “the wry wit and graphic designer by trade who offers a raw, insightful look at life as the mother of twins on Grace & Champ.”
• Marty Forbes was in New York City recently and caught up with former Edmontonian Pat Kiernan.
• Edmonton-based Allarco Entertainment owes creditors $115 million and has been granted bankruptcy protection. The company owns Super Channel and Shine FM.
• Stanley Burke died of a heart attack Saturday at the age of 93. Early in his career he worked for the Edmonton Bulletin. “His biggest scoop was applying for and receiving driver’s licences for a dog, a goat and a duck (the province reformed its licensing law after that embarrassment).”
• Bell Media is looking for a part-time casual writer/web reporter. The deadline to apply is June 3.
• CKUA is looking for a Digital Content Editor “to participate in planning, creating, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating CKUA’s web and social media content.” The deadline to apply is June 8.

Mayor Don Iveson getting ready to scrum

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• Here are Linda’s latest social media notes. She linked to Buffer’s blog post which shares some lessons from studying over 16 million posts on social media.
• At the CAJ conference last week, “a new fellowship aimed at improving the skills of Indigenous journalists” was announced. Full details on the program are expected within the next few months.
• Albertans will soon have an alternative to Telus and Shaw when Ontario-based VMedia launches in Edmonton and Calgary on June 15.
• Huffington Post Canada celebrated its fifth birthday last week. “We’re now publishing 1,500 pieces of content a day in 10 languages on our platform, and we have more than 35 million followers globally on Facebook. Here in Canada, we’re the most popular digital news-brand with Canadian readers.”
• HuffPo aren’t the only ones publishing a crazy amount of content per day. The Washington Post posts an average of 1,200 things per day, and even the New York Times and Wall Street Journal post quite a bit.
• This video shows you the “most complete and functioning Gutenberg Press in the world.” Neat!

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!

You can see past Media Monday Edmonton entries here.

Here’s my latest update on local media stuff:

• There’s still time to register for Journalist Interrupted on Thursday evening! Brian Gorman will moderate a panel featuring Jorge Barrera, Linda Solomon Wood, Kelly Toughill, and Karen Unland. “Whether you are a working journalist, a former journalist, a blogger, a podcaster, a student, a communications pro or simply a citizen interested in how to create an informed public, you will come away with a better understanding of the current challenges and new ways to imagine what comes next.” There’s even a Twitter account!
• Karen Unland was on Dinner TV recently talking about changes to the media landscape and what happens to journalism as a result. She gives a preview of the panel too.
• Edmonton is going to be full of journalists this week, with the Canadian Association of Journalists’ annual national conference taking place from May 27-28.
• Also taking place this week is the 2016 National Conference, “co-hosted by Newspapers Canada, the Alberta Weekly Newspapers Association (AWNA) and the Association de la presse francophone (APF).”
• Here is the final Dress Me Dearly post. The fashion blog has been a staple in Edmonton since 2009. As previously noted, Janis is now going to focus on her PR agency Publicity Room. She’ll also do some freelance writing on the side. Congrats and best wishes Janis!
• NAIT’s techlife magazine featured Meg Morrison, Liam Johnson, Tyson Dolynny, Brandon Rhiness, and Su-Ling Goh, all graduates of the Radio and Television program.
• Here is Michael Hingston’s final book review for the Journal. He wrote at the end: “After some four years on the job as the Journal’s books columnist, I’ve decided to step away from the position as of, well, today. This was my last one! I’m off to focus on other kinds of writing. If you’re so inclined, you can always reach me through the below-noted channels. Thanks for reading.” You can follow him on Twitter here.
• Great photo of the CTV Morning Live crew saying farewell to Kim Wynn, who is off to CTV Vancouver.
• Haven’t been able to find anything else on this yet, but Marty Forbes reports that Dave Simmons, a former DJ with 630 CHED, has passed away.
• Metro Edmonton is looking for both a Reporter/Photographer and a Digital Sales Specialist.
• Clothes But Not Quite is planning a return to regular blogging starting June 1! Joelle’s blog went on hiatus back in 2014 while she dealt with a recurring medical condition. Glad to have you back!
• Local photographer Melissa Trotter is getting quite a bit of attention for her striking photo called “Blood Dress”.
• Seen and Heard in Edmonton is on break this week, but here is the latest blog roundup and the latest podcast roundup. Lots to explore!

Premier Rachel Notley meets with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the Provincial Operations Centre in Edmonton on May 13, 2016. Photo by Premier of Alberta.

And here is some slightly less local media stuff:

• In her latest social media notes, Linda highlights that Reddit will now make it easier to embed posts around the web. The front page of the Internet, everywhere!
• FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler said that the TV business us at a “make or break” point last week at INTX, an “annual event held by the National Cable and Telecommunications Association.”
• Here’s Margaret Sullivan in the Washington Post: “I’m especially drawn to the need for journalism that is transparent, honest, aggressive and deep, using all the new tools and with a great sense of openness on how to present the work to an ever-more-digital audience.”
• BuzzFeed is building a new team to experiment with news video. “In the same way that BuzzFeed started out focused on lighter content like listicles and then moved into narrative and investigative journalism, the company is taking steps to insert more news into its video operations.”
• Talk about a winning deal: starting in September, “Netflix will become the exclusive U.S. pay-TV home of the latest films from Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar.”

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So, what have I missed? What’s new and interesting in the world of Edmonton media? Let me know!

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