Local Journalism Initiative Impact

CHCO-TV received a 2020 "Certificate of Recognition" for being a "Champion of Cultural Diversity" from the New Brunswick Multicultural Council for work on programs such as the LJI-funded NBWA: New Brunswickers Want Action, which examines systemic racism in New Brunswick. CHCO-TV was recommended for the award by the Deputy Mayor of Saint Andrews Brad Henderson. Henderson said, "The community and the province of New Brunswick are lucky to have an independent news outlet like CHCO-TV that is willing to provide a platform for important issues and voices in our community.

CBC Atlantic and CBC New Brunswick used CHCO-TV as a news source for a story on a body of a missing woman found on Navy Island near Saint Andrews. The body of woman was discovered by a group of local teens who had kayaked to the island. When RCMP and firefighters arrived on scene to recover the body, CHCO-TV was the only news outlet at the site covering the event. We offered our video footage to CBC for use in their news broadcasts. CBC New Brunswick used CHCO-TV's video footage for two different newscasts, and CBC Atlantic used CHCO-TV's video footage for one newscast.  

Grâce à l’initiative de journaliste local de Patrimoine Canada, TVC7 Abitibi a pu bénéficier d’une aide considérable pour l’embauche d’un journaliste afin d’informer la population locale sur l’actualité et les enjeux de notre région. En pleine reconstruction, cette aide a donné un second souffle à la télévision communautaire d’Amos afin qu’elle puisse étendre ces activités et améliorer son offre télévisuelle et informationnelle.

How does one measure the impact of a project on a community without having any actual previous data to compare to? Would the Local Journalism Initiative provide any benefit to the area it serves and how so?

(The following story recently appeared in Le Courrier de la Nouvelle-Ecosse, Nova Scotia's only French-language newspaper. Written by Le Courrier's Richmond County correspondent Robert Fougere, it is a sign of the impact our new French-language interview series Notre Cote and the overall LJI programming from Telile Community Television have made in our community's Acadan population.)

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The province of New Brunswick has once again extended the seasonal ferry from Deer Island to Campobello Island ferry until April 5th. The latest ferry extension means the approximately 900 residents of Campobello will continue to be able to access mainland New Brunswick without having to go through Maine. 

Le projet d’initiative de journalisme local (IJL) a permis à Télé-Soleil de maintenir le volet information de sa programmation. Les (très) nombreux chapeaux portés par la directrice de Télé-Soleil, Sophie Ricard, qui faisait fonctionner à elle-seule la station depuis le départ de son dernier journaliste en date il y a trois ans, lui permettait difficilement d’assurer la réalisation d’un contenu d’information pour la communauté de l’est de la Haute-Gaspésie.

Le projet d’initiative de journaliste local (IJL) se veut au cœur des actions de CTRB-TV, la télévision locale et régionale du grand Berthier et de la MRC d’Autray. La présence de notre journaliste local, Chloé Lemon, en plus de libérer les autres membres de l’équipe afin que ceux-ci performent davantage dans leurs domaines créatifs respectifs (culture, montage, tournage et captation) a permis d’atteindre nos objectifs, d’offrir à nos téléspectateurs davantage d’informations de qualité.

Word of mouth is spreading about NewWest.tv as we are providing excellent background information on many of the issues that are confronting the people of New West. Our analytics on social media have been rising too.

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.

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.

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.