Here’s my periodic awkward attempt to convince you to value the Halifax Examiner. THREAD
It’s only Wednesday, but this week has already been quite fruitful, with 20 articles published since Sunday. 2/
The week started with @skimber's piece on Liberal MLAs who refuse to respond to citizens’ concerns about school reopening halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house… 3/
On Monday, I wrote about how we’ll probably see a lot of advisories about potential COVID exposure the next couple of weeks halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/were-… 4/
.@zwoodford wrote about an artist in Dartmouth who works on guerrilla street projects halifaxexaminer.ca/city-hall/a-da… 5/
And then I published a “Dead Wrong Extra” about Robin Hartrick’s problematic evidence against Glen Assoun halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/dead-… 6/
On Tuesday, @joan_baxter profiled a group of citizens who “occupied” North Mountain in order to stop spraying herbicides in their neighbourhood halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house… 7/
Those citizens, incidentally, were successful Maybe attention from the Examiner had something to do with it? 8/
Also on Tuesday, @ydentremont wrote about food waste during COVID halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/be… 9/
.@ydentremont also wrote about children’s anxiety about going back to school: halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/psych… 10/
In Morning File on Tuesday, @Suzanne_Rent did a deep dive into speeding on Halifax Streets halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/where… 11/
And @zwoodford looked at what sure appears to be discriminatory zoning of land around the School for Colored Children halifaxexaminer.ca/city-hall/is-h… 12/
.@dartjenhen broke the news that the legislature’s Health and Public Accounts Committees will resume meeting halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house… 13/
Today, Wednesday, @zwoodford reported on Halifax council’s approval of backyard suites: halifaxexaminer.ca/city-hall/hali… 15/
And @zwoodford also followed council’s struggle over pedestrian push buttons, and importantly, contradictory figures on vehicular fatalities halifaxexaminer.ca/city-hall/hali… 16/
.@dartjenhen updated us on the very slow march towards better high-speed internet in rural areas halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house… 17/
And then the Examiner broke the story of Fatouma and Abdoul Abdi’s lawsuit against the province, alleging repeated physical and sexual abuse while children in provincial custody: halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house… 18/
Related to the Abdis’ lawsuit, El Jones has an in-depth look at the struggles of Fatouma Abdi: halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/there… 19/
And that was all before Morning File, in which @PhilMoscovitch looks at St. Joseph Cemetery halifaxexaminer.ca/featured/the-a… 20/
And since then, @zwoodford reported on the new calculation for a living wage in Halifax: halifaxexaminer.ca/city-hall/cana… 21/
and ZANE follows up on his award-winning work at Star Halifax (RIP) on lead in the water, with a report on how the province has failed to meet its deadline for notifying the public about lead in schools: halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house…
Then, just now, @ydentremont reported on how the Abdi story underscores the need for a provincial child and youth advocate (NS is one of only 2 provinces without one) halifaxexaminer.ca/province-house… /23
If I say so myself, that’s a boatload of important work for tiny operation like the Halifax Examiner, and that’s even with me being behind: I’m editing two important investigative pieces, and I have a 3rd, from myself, in the works. 24/
I hope you’re as impressed with this work as I am proud of it. We’re committed to keeping up the pace, best we can, and we put all available resources into reporting 25/
We aren’t paying hedge fund owners in the United States. We don’t have a gaggle of middle managers pulling in 6 figures. My own personal profits, such as they are, are mostly dumped back into the operation, to expand and hire more reporters 26/
Which is to say, your subscriptions and donations have a very high return on investment, if by “return” you mean high quality news coverage. 27/
We couldn’t have done this without you! It’s appreciated, more than you know. And we can do even more, if more people would subscribe. 28/
If you support this work, and you’re able, please subscribe: halifaxexaminer.ca/subscription-a… 29/
You can also make one-time contributions here: halifaxexaminer.ca/donate/ 30/
Thank you for hearing me out, and thanks for your support. I will now return to falling behind on work :) /END
