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  • 1 month ago | thespec.com | Richard Young

    FIRST PERSONLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter, Amy Romer, works as a mentor for Megaphone’s peer newsroom called The Shift in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.The Shift is made up of a diverse group of individuals with lived experience of poverty, who are reporting from the DTES instead of being reported onOne August afternoon last year, during my shift as a Chinatown Steward, I was going about my day collecting needles and trash around Pender and Carrall Streets.

  • 1 month ago | civiclex.org | Richard Young

    Last week, I was in Miami for the Knight Media Forum, where I joined over 1,000 community, media, and philanthropy leaders for conversations about the future of local journalism, civic leadership, and how we strengthen our communities. I was excited to be on a panel called Filling Critical Coverage Gaps in Our Communities, alongside leaders from The Baltimore Banner and New York Amsterdam News, where I shared about CivicLex’s civic education work and how it connects to our city hall coverage.

  • 2 months ago | thespec.com | Richard Young

    In response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of heavy tariffs, Canada has appointed former RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau as the country’s first “fentanyl czar.”This role, created to address concerns over fentanyl trafficking across the northern border, aims to ease tensions and avert a potential trade war.

  • 2 months ago | therecord.com | Richard Young

    In response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of heavy tariffs, Canada has appointed former RCMP deputy commissioner Kevin Brosseau as the country’s first “fentanyl czar.”This role, created to address concerns over fentanyl trafficking across the northern border, aims to ease tensions and avert a potential trade war.

  • 2 months ago | youngresearch.com | Dick Young |Richard Young

    Harriet Torry of The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. economy grew 2.5% in 2024, driven by strong consumer spending and low unemployment. Growth slowed slightly in Q4 to 2.25%, but overall, the economy showed resilience, with easing inflation and a solid labor market, despite some financial strain among consumers. Torry writes:The U.S. economy grew 2.5% last year, slower than in 2023 but still at a solid pace thanks to strong spending by American consumers buoyed by low unemployment.

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