Published in the Vancouver Sun on June 18, 2010. This article was also picked up by the Montréal Gazette, the National Post, the Regina Leader Post, the Edmonton Journal and many others. BY TABASSUM SIDDIQUI, VANCOUVER SUN JUNE 18, 2010 The Internet age has helped propel Canadian music into the spotlight in recent years, […]
Article published at GranvilleOnline.ca on June 4, 2010. By Krista Eide Amanda Ash isn’t just a music blogger, journalist and wiki builder, she’s also one of local indie music’s biggest fans I first met Alberta-raised Amanda Ash in a writing class, where she bravely shared an essay about her love of country music, despite her firm fix in […]
Published at UsMagazine.com on May 17,2010. Story features reporting by myself. Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke warns that Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene could be replaced — like Rachelle Lefevre — in the hit vampireflicks if they ask for too much money to reprise their roles in Breaking Dawn. “Ashley and Kellan have agents, managers, lawyers… you get all of these outside […]
As featured on the cover of the May 2010 Exclaim! Magazine. By Amanda Ash “It’s a really great feeling to know people want to hear my opinion and my advice on music. It’s an honour,” Hannah Georgas says demurely, detailing her current position as a mentor and expert in a local music program. “It’s amazing […]
Yesterday I presented a shortened version of my Master’s thesis at the International Symposium on Online Journalism, alongside University of British Columbia journalism school professor Alfred Hermida. The conference took place from April 23 and 24 in Austin, Texas. You can find our symposium paper here.
This article was published in advance of the International Symposium on Online Journalism in Austin, Texas. I will be presenting my thesis topic there at the end of April. The original article can be found HERE. By Robert Rich We have already heard from Alfred Hermida about the paper he will be presenting at the symposium […]
Friday, February 26, 2010
This is an article about the paper I will give alongside UBC j-school professor Alfred Hermida this April in Austin, Texas. You can find the article HERE. By Robert Rich For all the talk of how online journalism is affecting individual journalists, newspapers and other media organizations, there is one entity that often is left […]
Monday, February 22, 2010
This article touches upon my experience working for NBC during the Olympics. You can find the article HERE. UBC journalism students are working as interns with some of the world’s best renowned media organizations that have converged on Vancouver to cover the 2010 Winter Olympics. They are working with a range of organizations, from major […]
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Article featured in the February edition of Exclaim! Magazine “I’m kind of all over the place right now,” Basia Bulat says over the phone about her current “homeless” state. Today, the 25-year-old is fighting her way through the bitter cold Montreal weather to get to the office of her label Secret City Records. Tomorrow, she […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was asked by the National Post to flex my future-seeing eye. The Ampersand approached a select number of Canadian music critics, bloggers and mega-fans for an answer to this question: If you were buying stocks in music, which up and coming Canadian musical act would you invest in? Here […]
