I’ve been asked many times since my tenure began here why I came back to the Beach (well, technically the Danforth in my case – it remains to be officially decided whether that counts as ‘the Beach’) after moving away to British Columbia in 2010. Some have asked whether Smithers turned out to not be […]
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New editor takes the reins at BMN
Beach Metro News has a new editor. While Jon Muldoon is new to the position, many will remember him from the 10 years he worked as the paper’s reporter/photographer. Jon, 36, was born in Burlington, ON. In 1998, he completed the program in photojournalism at Loyalist College, “one of the two real photojournalism programs in […]
Goodbye and thank you so much
To paraphrase Mark Twain, reports of my retirement are NOT exaggerated, but until now they have been somewhat premature. I ran into a friend in the grocery store last night, and mentioned that I was coming from work. “I thought you had retired months ago,” she said. Well, I had to explain that I intended […]
History of Beach Metro News: Long-time editor Joan Latimer made the paper what it is today
When I was hired to be editor of Beach Metro News in 1995, I knew I had some very large shoes to fill. Joan Latimer had been editor of the paper almost from the beginning, and it was largely her vision that made the paper an institution in the East End. Joan said that she […]
