Thursday, 23rd February 2012
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  1. Bradley 22 February 2012 at 10:13 am #

    Thanks Mary,
    Keep up the great work yourself

  2. Mary Althoff 22 February 2012 at 4:52 am #

    All Hail Narcan. I work at the Cambridge, Ma. Needle Exchange and successfully reversed 7 overdoses in the course of one and a half months!
    Everyone should carry this item. You never know when you’ll come across a soul in need. Keep up the good work Harm Reductionists! Addicts are people too, sisters, mothers, daughers, brothers, fathers…. Help those who can’t help themselves. I will do this work till my last breath is drawn.

  3. Chris Shepherd 10 February 2012 at 6:26 am #

    Ha. I liked that photo of me. The one with the large moustache. Good luck in the biz, Eric.

  4. eric 9 February 2012 at 5:57 pm #

    I used to see your picture on the walls of the Ubyssey! We never met, but it’s sad to hear a Ubyssyer hang up the notepad.

  5. susan roth 7 February 2012 at 4:19 pm #

    You’re welcome Chris. I don’t know about the Kootenays, but here on Vancouver Island there is a high demand for high-quality locally-grown fresh food. Our farmers do not have enough supply to meet the demand. I attended a couple of farmer market’s meetings and found that these business people need affordable marketing and delivery services. Newspapers are already in the marketing and delivery business. It seems like a good fit to me. I am developing the same business model into a social enterprise for a Vancouver Island non-profit agency.

  6. Chris Shepherd 7 February 2012 at 7:18 am #

    I agree our business model wasn’t suited to our needs, but it was more or less the same business model as newspapers, Jeff.

  7. Jeff Shecter 6 February 2012 at 11:01 pm #

    I rarely visit this site, but on this rare occasion the title piqued my interest. After having perused all of the posts, my esteemed comment is that after all is said and done, the business model that you have constructed obviously doesn’t work for you, as in make you a decent living.
    The profession of writing of which journalism is a part, is tough and competitive. And not easy. It takes tremendous perseverance and patience. Like a lot of things, sometimes success is a combination of luck, network of contacts, and being in the right place at the right time.
    Finding a prosperous media business model in a tertiary market is an uphill battle at the best of times, never mind today, with the proliferation and segmentation of the outlets of expression.
    There will always be an opportunity for those who want to be journalists, and even well-paid journalists. The craft is not disappearing anytime soon. But maybe not around here. Small town anywhere is similar to single A baseball. One does what one has to do to perfect the craft, even if on some nights you have to sweep the floor. You just have to always know how to keep your dream alive.

  8. Bill Metcalfe 6 February 2012 at 9:27 pm #

    http://vancouver.openfile.ca/vancouver/text/are-journalism-schools-graduating-too-many-students

  9. Bill Metcalfe 6 February 2012 at 9:09 pm #

    I just came across this and it is relevant to this discussion http:// /vancouver/text/are-journalism-schools-graduating-too-many-students

  10. Chris Shepherd 6 February 2012 at 4:11 pm #

    Interesting idea, Susan. Thanks for pointing us towards this model.