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By Mal (anonymous) | Posted October 22, 2012 at 12:47:26 in reply to Comment 82042
If the the CFMU interview is anything to go on, mandate was never a constrictive limit. His description of the mothership's expectations seemed pretty blank-cheque.
On a more mundane level, the CBC's aims were described on RTH almost a year ago:
CBC spokesperson Chris Ball explains that the new service will be "more than a website. It will provide weather, local business information/listings and news (and more). At street level, you'll be able to know what's happening not just in your city, but in your neighbourhood, on your street."
News reporting will "cover a wide spectrum" of topics of local interest.
The site will have a dedicated Hamilton staff who will publish stories daily, seven days a week. Some stories will include audio/video segments, but the service will not run as a live-streamed 'broadcast'.
According to Ball, the CBC is looking to hire staff "with a connection to the city/region" and "there will also be ample opportunity for Hamiltonians to contribute. We want to collaborate with the community, asking them to contribute to our coverage through news tips, photos, video, commentary and conversation" around the issues.
http://raisethehammer.org/blog/2319/cbc_plans_new_digital_service_for_hamilton
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Funding is another matter, obviously, but there are any number of local examples of informative, timely, hyperlocal digital reportage that is produced for next to nothing, if not nothing.
CBC Hamilton is a small startup. RG acknowledges this, along with the advantage of small startups: agility, freedom to innovate, speed of implementation. the CBC Hamilton team have that and around a half-century of experience in the life of the city. In light of these advantages, I find it kind of perplexing that they haven't made further inroads.
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