Comment 81547

By JoeyColeman (registered) - website | Posted October 12, 2012 at 11:46:23

Thank you everyone for the kind comments.

In terms of CBC Hamilton and me competiting (they see me as competition and have been very clear about this), I've repeatedly stated:

I covered Hamilton before they announced the launch of the station, I was very excited by the arrival of the CBC in Hamilton, and I believed they would fill the news void that I had been filling.

I want to practice journalism in my hometown of Hamilton.

I continue to practice journalism in my hometown of Hamilton.

I'm not competiting with CBC Hamilton, I'm just doing my thing - covering my community.

Yes, my journalism has improved since CBC arrived. Not because of CBC or in any attempt to compete directly with CBC. My journalism is always improving - it's why I practice journalism. The day I stop improving, is the day I need to quit.

I'm continuing to try and build a local Hamilton-owned and controlled non-profit news service. It's not to compete with CBC - it's to fill the news void in Hamilton and to better inform ourselves.

Hamilton needs numerous public broadcasters - competition is good.

We're a major city, not a suburb of Toronto. Major cities have numerous outlets and Hamilton should strive to as well.

I support CBC and we need to have this conversation.

It's our CBC and if we don't speak up now to make it successful, we'll lose it and CBC Toronto will never consider the full-fledge CBC we truly seek.

Sonja Macdonald, thank you for starting this needed conversation.

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