More in-depth reporting, less Facebook news
Reader lauds paper’s in-depth coverage
Nunatsiaq News is nearly a year into its relaunched print edition, after having paused the paper product for three years beginning in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Reader Joshua Russell says he appreciates the paper’s deeper dives into news stories. (File photo)
Joshua Russell (Photo courtesy of Joshua Russell/LinkedIn)
In Nunatsiaq’s own words regarding the return of the letters to the editor feature: the news “should inform, it should entertain and, as was once famously said, it should comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”
To that end, I want to praise Nunatsiaq News for its recent foray into longer articles that strive for the above objective. Notably, David Venn’s four-part deep dive into housing, and Randi Beers’ commitment to shining a spotlight on the frightening working conditions of the territory’s health-care workers.
These pieces stand in stark contrast to the bulk of Nunatsiaq News’ “articles” that either parrot other publicly available information or merely state that an issue exists and leave the reader thinking: “Gee, I wonder why?” Both of which could be found faster on any communities’ Facebook public service announcement group.
Nunavut desperately needs committed journalists to dig into important topics and arm Nunavummiut with the knowledge to act and create change. It equally needs news organizations that support its journalists to fearlessly pursue these issues so that they can indeed comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Nunatsiaq News is going in the right direction. I hope it stays the course.
Joshua Russell,
Iqaluit
Nunatsiaq News inviters readers to submit letters to the editor. They should be under 250 words, may be on any topic and must be signed by the author, whose name will be published with the letter. To have a letter to the editor published, please submit it to editors@nunatsiaq.com.
Having spent some time in alaska, the absence of any reliable news in Western and Northern Alaska is concerning. You can get anchorage and fairbanks news but thats it. Literally no reporting except for random Facebook posts in the smaller more remote parts of the state.
Good news , NN now keep on the housing corporation, and the mess that could be happening this would really help us to be informed and not be hit with a bombshell that hit us in 2011,
And reporting, not only in Inuktitut syllabics but in the western dialect of Inuinnaqtun as well would be beneficial to our elders as well.
Tuhaktahannutlu, Inuktituinaungituq kihimi Inuinnaqtunlu iqayuqniaktuk innahaptingnut.
While I fully support this initiative, don’t expect much support from Inuktitut speaking Baffiners. They’ve got a hate on for us for some reason.
This comment is profoundly insecure.
It’s called hatebook 😂
Oh yah great story but it fails to mention all the poor writing skills and lack of investigative journalism. It is okay news