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Media

Living the dream under the 5-star flag

VIFF, Richmond's Gateway host very different Hong Kong responses to Chinese domination

Protecting the right to protest: Free speech versus corporate power

Observer Media Group Founder and CEO, Linda Solomon, to participate in a panel discussion on the freedom of speech.

Marketing Experts Descend on Squamish for the Second Annual Canadian Internet Marketing Conference

For a second year in a row, Squamish is set to be the host to some of the biggest names in digital marketing. Internationally renowned companies like Google,Twittter, eBay, Disney Parks Canada and...
National Observer

Linda Solomon Wood on why she started National Observer

Starting a national online news site is a big undertaking. Why did you get into this? LSW:  I got into it because our coverage of energy and the environment here on Vancouver Observer had gotten...
Circa 1948

SFU Woodwards transports audiences with Hidden Pasts, Digital Futures Festival

A brave new world co-created by the National Film Board of Canada’s award-winning Digital Studio in Vancouver and internationally acclaimed artist Stan Douglas.
Canadian media, oil influence, Canadian politics, Linda Solomon Wood

Our Oily Media: Canadaland's Jesse Brown talks to Linda Solomon Wood

How do we free Canadian media from oil-industry influence? Linda Solomon talks to Jesse Brown.
Vancouver Observer, Vancouver journalism, Canadian journalism, women in media

Sandy Garossino joins Vancouver Observer as editor-in-chief

New editor-in-chief Sandy Garossino to reinvigorate local coverage of business, tech, and affordability— and "bridge the gaps."
Electronic Arts motion capture studio

Digital Days with Electronic Arts blew my mind

The magic of film has always fascinated me. You see the most incredible things happen on the screen. I’ve always been curious how they do this. Aren’t you? So I couldn’t resist attending Digital Days...

NSA stories also reveal perilous state of mainstream journalism: Greenwald

Journalist Glenn Greenwald spoke via satellite over the weekend to an international audience gathered in Hamburg, Germany for the Chaos Computer Club meeting, an annual convention for the global...

What Once Upon a Time does for feminism *Spoiler alert*

Is Once Upon a Time's re-imagining of classic fairy-tale characters a feminist feat of modern TV?