Cornwall Seaway News

The Cornwall Seaway News, often known simply as the Seaway News, is a Cornwall, Ontario based free community newspaper distributed by Transcontinental Media. Its news is updated daily at www.cornwallseawaynews.com and it is published weekly and is distributed both in the city, and in surrounding villages and towns throughout the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties.[1][2]

Cornwall Seaway News
TypeWeekly Newspaper
Owner(s)Transcontinental Media
Founded1985
HeadquartersCornwall, Ontario
Circulation38,000
Websitewww.cornwallseawaynews.com

History

The Cornwall Seaway News was established in 1985 by Rick Shaver, General Manager at the time, and Dick Aubry, Publisher at the time. It was originally called Seaway Shopping News. On August 3, 2007, Transcontinental Media announced that it had acquired the newspaper. The newspaper's sales arm is administered by general manager Rick Shaver.[3]

Format

The front page is often an important community related news story, featuring a large captioned picture. The pages that follow contain an assortment of columnists' contributions, local news stories, community bulletins, and business advertisements. Beyond these pages, the newspaper has several sections including an education page, horoscopes, classified advertisements, a service directory, police files, a community calendar, celebrations/announcements, and obituaries. The final pages are usually titled "Scuttlebutt," and are intended for jokes and community gossip. The whole newspaper from front to back can vary greatly in size depending on the time of year, but is usually between 40 and 70 pages, most of which appear in colour.[4][5]

Distribution

The Cornwall Seaway News is distributed every Thursday inside plastic bags of store flyers and advertisements known as "ad bags." The newspaper is distributed free of charge both to individual residences, and in some cases, (such as in villages surrounding the city) copies are left at a pre-determined drop off location where passersby can stop to pick them up. An issue with this method of delivery is that it is easy for someone to remove a newspaper and leave the ads, which can cause problems. The Cornwall Seaway News is distributed to approximately 38,000 homes. (This number includes the newspapers left at drop off locations.)[6][7]

Staff

Administration

  • Rick Shaver, General Manager
  • Nick Seebruch, Editor
  • Colleen Parette, Production Coordinator/Graphic Designer
  • James Lapierre, Cartoonist
  • Patrick Larose, Sales Director
  • Matthew McConnell, Advertising Consultant
  • Steve Jasmin, Advertising Consultant
  • Stefan Kolbinger, Advertising Consultant
  • Matthew Girgis, Advertising Consultant
  • Diane Lafrance, Office
  • Kim Poirier-Froats, Graphic Designer
  • Jennifer Mayer, Sales Coordinator

In addition, there are many unlisted employees of the editorial department who are responsible for receiving, organizing, and editing material before it is published. Also, community news stories are written and contributed by a variety of sources.

Columnists

Below is a list of columnists who contribute weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, or occasional pieces of writing for the newspaper.

  • Sultan Jessa
  • Claude McIntosh
  • Nick Wolochatiuk
  • Roxanne Delage
  • Chantal Tranchemontagne
  • Susan Wallwork
  • Gilles Lefebvre

In addition to these regular columnists, readers are given the opportunity to register their own opinions in the "Letters to the Editor" section.[8][9][10]

See also

References
  1. "Home". Cornwall Seaway News.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-11-10. Retrieved 2010-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Cornwall Seaway News newspaper in Cornwall Canada - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  5. "Seaway News SmartEdition". cornwallseawaynews.newspaperdirect.com.
  6. "Seaway News Transcontinental Media - 29 Second St E, Cornwall, ON | ProfileCanada.com". www.profilecanada.com.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2010-02-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-02-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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