Guilbeault praises CBC’s five-year strategy, plans to boost local news coverage
The CBC plans to hire journalists for 15 to 20 smaller communities as part of a five-year strategy supported by promised Liberal funding increases.
- Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault praises CBC/Radio-Canada's plans to increase local news coverage as part of its new five-year strategy.
- The public broadcaster says it plans to expand its audience by reaching out to children and youth, newcomers and non-users or dissatisfied users.
- CBC president Marie-Philippe Bouchard says that means a new focus on rural areas and Western Canada through a larger on-the-ground journalistic presence.
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Guilbeault praises CBC’s five-year strategy, plans to boost local news coverage
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Guilbeault praises CBC’s five-year strategy, plans to boost local news coverage – Energeticcity.ca
OTTAWA — Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is praising CBC/Radio-Canada’s plans to increase local news coverage as part of its new five-year strategy. But he would not say whether the Liberals’ promised funding increase will be included in the upcoming federal budget. The public broadcaster says it plans to expand its audience by reaching out to children and youth, newcomers and non-users or dissatisfied users. CBC president Marie-Philippe Bouc…
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