The Link at Concordia has a feature article about CanWest and specifically The Gazette cutting staff in its newsroom. It includes an interview with Gazette editor-in-chief Andrew Phillips, who says the shift from print to online is a “cultural shock.”
Though the article is unsurprisingly negative in tone, it provides quite a bit of insight into the situation at the paper, as well as what the future holds for print media in general.
A couple of things though:
- While The Gazette’s lobby is very pretty and there are some shiny yellow surfaces, I doubt it’s actually made of solid gold as the article implies.
- Sorry Mike Gasher, but “linkalism” is not a word.
Hey,
Thanks so much for reading my piece. I’m not all that pleased with it, but I’m glad I wrote it. Linkalism is a bit of an odd one, but I looked it up myself:
http://backissues.cjrarchives.org/year/00/2/mcnamara2.asp
Needless to say, everyone at The Link is ecstatic about the new term.