Long before he was the news anchor of CBC's The National, Peter Mansbridge was a junior reporter in small-town Churchill, Manitoba. He learned very quickly why local journalism is so critical.
"How important is local [news]? It means everything," said the veteran broadcaster, during a recent appearance on Village Media's Up Close & Personal interview series. "If you don't have journalists asking the questions and reporting what they get as answers, you're going to have an ill-informed public."
Mansbridge specifically commended the work of Village Media, which operates an expanding networking of local news websites across Ontario — including this one.
"I applaud operations like yours that ensure that local coverage is still there," he said.
Follow this link to watch the full episode of Up Close & Personal with Peter Mansbridge.
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