The design and launch of the Community Media Portal has been funded by the Local Journalism Initiative (the LJI) of the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Under the LJI, over 100 journalists have been placed in underserved communities and asked to produce civic content that underpins Canadian democratic life.
On this page, LJI journalists share stories about the impact their content is having on the democratic life of their communities. If you would like to comment on a story you have seen on the Portal or on its impact, please Log In or Register for an account.
How does community media carve out a niche in a community with established media? As a brand new community media organization, the past months have been stuffed with learning more about answers to that question.
While programming schedules, membership policies and more have all been moving forward, we’ve dived into conversations with community members.
L’initiative de journalisme local a permis à la Télévision communautaire de l’Érable (TVCÉ) de mettre sur pied une émission dédiée à l’information grâce à l’embauche de Lydia Jacques, journaliste avec plus de 30 ans d’expérience. Celle-ci assure une qualité notable dans ses recherches de sujets intéressants, mais également par des invités qui font l’événement et par une animation qui vulgarise les nouvelles locales et régionales.
As a result of the journalistic activities FOCUS continues to gain influence and awareness around the community. In meetings FOCUS is invited to fulfil media roles including creating posters and live streaming of important meetings such as live-streaming and documenting a local all- candidates meeting for the October 26, 2020, Toronto Centre By-Election, the recording of which was viewed by 962 people. Another example is the filming and archiving of the Virtual Community Town Hall promoting community awareness of COVID-19 and the supports available to the community.
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Maritimers have a longstanding reputation of supporting each other and welcoming people into their homes, often serving a cup of well-steeped tea to a stranger on the well-worn premise that "a stranger's just a friend you haven't met."
However, for the three Atlantic Canadian participants in the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI) launched by the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS), the level of support and camaraderie extends far beyond geography.
Aanii/Bonjour/Greetings! My name is Kyle Corston, and I'm the LJI videojournalist at FirstTelTV5.
On Canada Day 2020, Mayor Doug Naish presented CHCO-TV's Vicki Hogarth a "Congratulations Certificate" on behalf of the Town of Saint Andrews and all its residents for her work reporting on COVID-19.
On Canada Day 2020, Mayor Doug Naish presented CHCO-TV's Vicki Hogarth a "Congratulations Certificate" on behalf of the Town of Saint Andrews and all its residents for her work reporting on COVID-19.
Our fantastic Civic Journalist for Ashcroft and Cache Creek has been providing local news coverage for the last 8 months. Once the pandemic hit and everyone was in lock down, our service became more important than ever before. We were the place that our community could turn to for timely, local information about what was happening. From business closures and re-openings to what our local leaders on Council, in Parliament and the Legislative Assembly are up to, and even the latest health and safety information including COVID-19 in British Columbia.
Our fantastic Civic Journalist for Ashcroft and Cache Creek has been providing local news coverage for the last 8 months. Once the pandemic hit and everyone was in lock down, our service became more important than ever before. We were the place that our community could turn to for timely, local information about what was happening. From business closures and re-openings to what our local leaders on Council, in Parliament and the Legislative Assembly are up to, and even the latest health and safety information including COVID-19 in British Columbia.
Chéticamp, Nouvelle-Écosse - Au début de la pandémie de la COVID-19, nous nous sommes rendu compte que la communauté se posait de nombreuses questions sur le virus et les risques qu'il posait pour notre région. Nous avons alors parlé avec des médecins locaux qui nous ont accordé des entrevues en anglais et en français sur les symptômes du virus, sur les recommandations pour éviter l’infection et les impacts potentiels sur notre système de santé rural si une épidémie se produisait à Chéticamp.
La Ronge, Saskatchewan -- Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation’s (MBC) has been supplying Aboriginal music, radio, and film to northern Saskatchewan since 1983 -- 37 years.
Created via funding from the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program (NNBAP), MBC was funded and supported by the Secretary of State. The program’s aim was to fulfill a long-standing obligation to enhance, protect and preserve aboriginal languages while at the same time allowing indigenous peoples to control their own communications and content.
Chéticamp, Novia Scotia -- In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized the community had many questions about the virus and the risks that it posed to our region. We reached out to local doctors who gave us interviews in English and in French about the virus’ symptoms, recommendations on how to avoid infection and the potential impacts on our rural health system if an outbreak were to take place in Chéticamp.
La Ronge, Saskatchewan -- Missinipi Broadcasting Corporation’s (MBC) has been supplying Aboriginal music, radio, and film to northern Saskatchewan since 1983 -- 37 years.
Created via funding from the Northern Native Broadcast Access Program (NNBAP), MBC was funded and supported by the Secretary of State. The program’s aim was to fulfill a long-standing obligation to enhance, protect and preserve aboriginal languages while at the same time allowing indigenous peoples to control their own communications and content.
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