blog.JoeyColeman.ca
My blog is now at blog.JoeyColeman.ca. I’m restructuring my website to have four distinct sections: JoeyColeman.ca – a professional entry page with highlights of my work and hobbies. blog.JoeyColeman.ca – a blog of my thoughts, musings, and ideas. data.JoeyColeman.ca – a site about open data, data journalism, and…
Needing a newspaper on 9/11
I spent the afternoon of September 11, 2001 at the John Weir Foote Armoury in Hamilton standing around awaiting direction and trying to understand the scope of the days events. *The Hamilton Spectator *printed a special afternoon edition that day. I remember being ordered to await its arrival…
The registered journalist
The Canadian Association of Journalists is asking its members for feedback regarding the proposed regulation of journalism in Quebec. Do you support the title of professional journalist as proposed by the Quebec government? If not, is there any model for a professional title or status for journalists that you…
While the PanAm distracts us, a more important debate happens at 100 Main West
Hamilton could soon have no public high schools in our lower city from the Downtown Core to nearly the Red Hill Valley – a 7km distance. Gone already is Scott Park high school, and soon to disappear could be Delta High School and Parkview Secondary. The loss of…
Why I highlight a clerical error
Reasonable individuals may dissent question my decision to highlight a clerical error in my headline “Hamilton City Council to hold closed meeting “Monday, September 6, 2011″ – no notice sent to media or public.” Simply put, it’s part of the story and could reveal either the haste that…
Hamilton City Council to hold closed meeting "Monday, September 6, 2011" – no notice sent to media or public
Surprise! Hamilton City Council is holding a hush-hush special closed-door Council meeting on “Monday, September 6, 2011” at 1:30pm. (*UPDATE: The EA to Ward 3 Councillor Bernie Morelli confirms via Twitter that the meeting is on Tuesday at 1:30pm.) * They will consider, in-camera, an “Offer of Settlement…
Yes Minister on open government
Is it really parody?…
Getting the story – how I landed the new stadium story
Luck, persistence, reputation, and luck. Those four words describe how I came to possess a report sent by City Manager Chris Murray to members of Hamilton City Council Friday evening informing members of Council the Ivor Wynne stadium renovation project was no more – it’s a new stadium.…
Hamilton getting new stadium – north stands being demolished
Hamilton’s getting an entirely new football stadium. In a report provided to Council by email late this afternoon, the City Manager’s office informed Council that (emphasis added by me): In the Spring of 2011 staff learned that the grade on the upper tier of the North Stands is…
Ward 12 Councillor Lloyd Ferguson objects to last minute Pan-Am meeting
Ward 12 Councillor Lloyd Ferguson is objecting to Monday’s special meetings of Hamilton City Council to make a last minute decision about the location of the Pan Am velodrome. In an email sent today at 10:45EDT to his fellow Councillors and the Mayor, cc’d to local media, Councillor Ferguson writes: I want…