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Adam A. Donaldson from Guelph Politico - the importance of local journalism

Ep. 14

Adam A. Donaldson runs Guelph Politico - a blog dedicated to covering local Guelph city news. Adam also co-hosts a political and current affairs show on CFRU 93.3 fm called “Open Sources Guelph" as well as the movie review show "End Credits." Adam and I talk about the importance and challenges of covering local city politics, what covering the news on both the local and the global level mean in 2025, and a number of other tangents.


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