The full story? Nobody needs that
In another case of blatant editorial masturbation, The West Island Chronicle ejaculates the news that Peter McCabe (not this one, this one) has been nominated for a National Newspaper Award for this...
View ArticleStop inventing anglicized names
A disturbing trend (well, disturbing to anal-retentive copy editors anyway) has been developing in the anglophone media, of directly translating the names of Quebec-based organizations whose names have...
View ArticleChronicle just misses the sport
Jealous, I can only surmise, at other news outlets and their blog thingies, the West Island Chronicle has announced the creation of Sportlight (yes, with an “R”), a “blog” about Montreal’s professional...
View ArticleOverzealous self-censorship
It’s amazing how one can write a story about a beloved music teacher fighting for her job and not name the teacher, nor explain why you’re deliberately choosing not to name the teacher involved....
View ArticleWest Island Chronicle starts online-only weekend edition
This weekend, the Chronicle launched its much-touted (by itself) online-only weekend edition, which seeks to continue the age-old tradition of … whatever it is the West Island Chronicle is known for. I...
View ArticleMore “clarifications”
Media outlets not used to issuing corrections will tend to want to downplay them. Some (like CTV) will call them “clarifications” even if they’re outright falsehoods, to make it seem less serious. A...
View ArticleMerry Christmas from Transcontinental (P.S.: You’re fired)
When was the last time you read a community weekly from Transcontinenal Media? When was the last time you learned anything interesting from it about your neighbourhood that you couldn’t get from the...
View ArticleChronicle, Cités Nouvelles editors refuse demotions
On Friday, the West Island Chronicle and Cités Nouvelles, the two Transcontinental-owned weeklies covering the West Island, each had two full-time editorial employees – an editor and a reporter. On...
View ArticleWest Island newspaper editors give up on former jobs
A month after their positions were eliminated, and after surprising their bosses by saying they would not accept demotions, the editors of the West Island Chronicle and Cités Nouvelles have both...
View ArticleIt’s not like anyone died
Community weeklies have a reputation for preferring fluff over substance. But after this weekend’s St. Patrick’s parade, in which a young man died, a rare intersection of fluff and news gave them a...
View ArticleQCNA award noms show the struggles of some
As the big guys were patting themselves on the back this week over the National Newspaper Award nominations, smaller newspapers in Quebec also got a list of nominations: for the Quebec Community...
View ArticleMontreal’s community weeklies must make do without journalists
Can you have a newspaper without journalists? Transcontinental certainly seems to think you can. It announced that the 22 community weeklies in the Montreal area, which include the West Island...
View ArticleTranscontinental kills the Chronicle and Examiner, the last of its English...
It’s true. Transcontinental, the publishing company that owns community weekly newspapers across the province, has confirmed that, for financial reasons, it is ceasing publication of the West Island...
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