Wow a friend of mine, a great gal by the name of Kathleen Martens has just left the Winnipeg Sun to start up an innovative new media project called Winnipeg FIRST. The WinnipegFirst initiative is unique and cutting edge with up to the minute newsflashes. Winnipeg First is a Winnipeg-based national company launched in the summer of 2006 by John White, a veteran journalist looking to provide a passionate yet objective voice for the community. The president and company founder made a pledge to construct a new media paradigm that would ignite meaningful conversation, explode the ivory tower, embrace new technology and reconnect with the community.This exciting vision is centered around the company's core values: to be active, inclusive, transparent and exponential. Active in the way that we report on our community and seek out new and better ways of doing things, inclusive by respecting and championing the opinions of those interacting with our site, transparent in how we quickly acknowledge and correct mistakes and display real names from contributors, and exponential in our approach, reach and intellect as we grow in all ways to enhance the user experience. Kathleen Martens, formerly of the Winnipeg Sun, is the Senior Editor for Content. I encourage everyone to take a minute to check out their site at www.winnipegfirst.ca.
My first impresssion is that WinnipegFIRST is something close to Bourque but with local contributors and dialogue. Look forward to your opinions as well.
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