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PR ranks swell as journalism suffers

Spin machines are working overtime as laid-off reporters find work in government public relations departments.

by Tim Bousquet

Where'd all the reporters go? That was the question I asked in an email to many of my media colleagues last week. I was wondering what happened to the dozens of reporters who were laid off from the Chronicle-Herald in February and…

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Council's secret "public meeting" on tax reform

The meeting on tax reform was public. Council just didn't tell anyone who wasn't a city employee where it was held.
- by Tim Bousquet
- Nov 16, 2009
Council sticks to secret appointments

Policy takes the public out of the public's business
- by Tim Bousquet
- Oct 29, 2009
Analysis: City Hall fails secrecy test

Council goes in camera for no reason most of the time
- by Tim Bousquet
- Sep 17, 2009
Duffy haunts City Hall

Peter Duffy has been hired as a speechwriter and "community liaison co-ordinator" for Peter Kelly, the perpetually ham-fisted mayor of Halifax. Considered it the flashback-ridden leading the blind.
- by Tim Bousquet
- Sep 3, 2009
Peter Duffy to do something or another for Peter Kelly

Former Herald columnist to work directly for the Mayor = ridiculousness squared
- by Tim Bousquet
- Sep 1, 2009
Public secrets

Freedom of Information law gives you the right to get government information. Good luck accessing that. Here's the trouble with Nova Scotia's rules of silence.
- by Tim Bousquet
- Apr 2, 2009
Victims of the Herald

Halifax Herald staff reductions result in 24 jobs lost, 24 lives disrupted. But their pain is only the beginning of the pain for the community.
- by Stephen Kimber
- Mar 19, 2009
How to keep the public out of the public's business
- by Tim Bousquet
- Oct 10, 2008
Secrecy: Fast Ferry
- by Tim Bousquet
- Apr 3, 2008
Commonwealth Games investigation part two: where the money went

Public money, private players: The Coast uncovers the paper trail of where $8.5 million in public money was spent by the Halifax 2014 bid committee..
- by Tim Bousquet
- Mar 13, 2008
Commonwealth Games Investigation part one: Halifax 2014 big plans

Game over: An air of secrecy surrounded Halifax’s bid to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games, even after the bid’s very public collapse in March. For the first time, we reveal a complete picture of what was happening behind the scenes.
- by Tim Bousquet
- Oct 4, 2007
Democracy now
- by Michael Fleury
- Sep 27, 2007