Bill Hodgins
@bhwrites
Followers
382
Following
19K
Media
119
Statuses
2K
News Editor @ Torstar/Metroland | Kawartha Division. Oxford comma convert. Tweets are mine.
Peterborough
Joined March 2009
An Ottawa Valley town’s local paper writes one more chapter of history before it closes
theglobeandmail.com
The Eganville Leader, established in 1902, is set to shut down in February
1
4
9
Memorial to fallen journalists in Washington will be built by Chicago architect
capitalgazette.com
A national memorial to fallen journalists conceived in the wake of the deadly June 2018 mass shooting at the newsroom of The Capital will have a strong Chicago connection.
3
10
15
Guys I'm of course seeing all your posts about the paywall. I don't know what to tell you: it costs money to pay reporters and editors. "Offer the stories people want to read for free and paywall others!" is not a business strategy.
theglobeandmail.com
The players have been told to surrender to police for alleged group sexual assault of a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room following a Hockey Canada fundraising gala in 2018
274
272
2K
Freedom of the press, @OPP_News ? While a veteran reporter was taking photos from a sidewalk outside a police perimeter in Wellington County, an OPP officer grabbed his arm, took away his camera and detained him. A coroner then seized the digital images. https://t.co/gE3JLJLmot
guelphtoday.com
An OPP officer detained a senior reporter with GuelphToday Wednesday morning at the scene of a fatal collision, and his memory card was seized by the coroner's office
50
302
626
BREAKING: Committee to Protect Journalists says 61 journalists have been killed in the current conflict since the 7th of October
105
294
953
More Gazan journalists have been killed over the last month than any conflict in at least three decades. As of November 7, a total of 49 journalists have been killed, according to Gaza's media office.
newarab.com
More Gazan journalists have been killed over the last month than any conflict in at least three decades. Their work to counter the Israeli narrative should be highlighted, so we’ve profiled some of...
16
411
616
This is crappy. Some superb shooters and reporters have come out of Loyalist. And @andydclarke, who has run the journalism program there, is an Ottawa CBC radio legend.
globalnews.ca
Citing declining registration numbers, Loyalist College has suspended both the photo journalism and journalism communications programs.
2
8
13
DYK that @PRHC1 offers a mental health and addictions clinic? Learn more ⬇️
The TALK NOW clinic is available five days a week for anyone who needs help with a mental health and/or addictions concern. Call 705-876-5826 to be connected with a mental health professional today. Learn more: https://t.co/yixdaQTzJg
0
1
5
Evacuees are praising a Yellowknife radio reporter for dispatching information about the wildfires. Amanda Anderson reports. WATCH HERE: https://t.co/Kxmvjhsa5N
1
11
107
Visited my little bro in Kelowna earlier this summer. On a wine tour one sommelier told us there were notes of ash in a white wine from 2021. They were already set to have a terrible year due to the weather. Thinking of everyone in the Kelowna area right now. It’s horrific.
1
1
11
An entire small-town police department in Kansas raided a newspaper's offices and its reporters' homes because the paper got a tip about a well-connected person's DUI https://t.co/nsfmsVBwfX
kansasreflector.com
In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
570
7K
17K
Elephants in Cambodia have learned to exploit their right of way and stop passing sugar cane trucks to steal a snack.
327
2K
12K
Is this the best putt you've ever seen?! 😳 (📹: Instagram/ logannwhite_)
133
193
3K
With all due respect, those people are fucking morons. He wasn’t doing a baseball documentary he was writing a fucking song! @JasonIsbell
144
149
4K
This is a gem. An incredible duet of Danny Boy from Johnny Cash and Jimmie Rodgers. #StPatrickDay
7
7
51
Media advocate calls Google's move to block news content disrespectful to Canadians
6
6
7
David vs. Goliath: A battle for journalism fairness online https://t.co/q8fD0mYqqO via @torontostar
thestar.com
Digital disruption is a problem for journalism and traditional news outlets, particularly local and ethnic newspapers with limited financial means.
0
0
1
Showed up to support @bettyybaker at the Peterborough Public Library today. Here’s a feature I wrote about her last fall. https://t.co/PyWDdtioOS
4
0
4