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Council meeting starts at 1:30. I will live tweet as @PDcityhall. But before I start, I want to put out a plea (that I promise does not end w/ a link to my patreon — I haven't one). Community media is suffering, everybody. It needs your support… |1 #yqr #yqrcc #regina
It's no big secret that I haven't been getting paid for my city hall coverage for quite some time now. I am a volunteer, citizen city hall scribbler. I'm okay w/ that. (I've a day job.) But the outlets I work w/ need $$ to keep the lights on. |2 #yqr #yqrcc
I keep doing this b/c I think it's fun & important. I get something out of what I've been doing. If you're one of the people who also enjoys this city hall coverage, there's a way to help… |3 #yqrcc #yqr
First up, the bulk of my spare time is wrapped up in producing stuff for @CJTR_Radio, primarily The Queen City Improvement Bureau, a Regina-focussed show @palinode & me created. It's great fun. But CJTR, like all community media, needs your support. |4 #yqrcc
One way to do that is to donate to the station or become a member. You can do that here. http://cjtr.ca/donate CJTR is a great place, run by great people. And they have big things planned to improve their offerings to the community. |5 #yqrcc
You can also just listen to the station. A lot of the spoken word content is available to download at your leisure here. http://cjtr.ca/podcasts/ And you can listen live here http://cjtr.ca/listen-live . All the programmers at CJTR are local volunteers. |6 #yqrcc #yqr
Next up, there's @prairiedogmag which is where I've published any of my city hall writing. It is a locally owned, independent publication offering all their content for free. https://prairiedogmag.com/ |7 #yqrcc
Advertising revenue has dried up for everybody during this crisis. But printing bills remain the same. You can keep the P-Dog in biz by supporting it with either a one-time donation or becoming a member. https://prairiedogmag.com/support/ #yqrcc |8
There are not many alternative, free-papers left in the world. Prairie Dog is one of the last ones standing. That's something Regina should take pride in. |9 #yqrcc #yqr
Anyway, I'm about to hunker down and transcribe today's council meeting onto twitter for like 6 hours. If you want to support masochistic stunts like that, please consider helping your local, community media outlets however you can. |end of plea #yqrcc #yqr
Oh, and tune in to next week's Queen City Improvement Bureau at 7pm on @CJTR_Radio in which I will rant at Aidan for an hour about whatever is about to happen at city hall. Sorry, Aidan. http://cjtr.ca/ #yqr #yqrcc
