The Vancouver Observer
Encyclopedia
The Vancouver Observer is an independent online newspaper
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The site was founded in 2006 by journalist Linda Solomon
as an online platform for Vancouver bloggers, writers, reporters, photographers and filmmakers. Novelist Ruth Ozeki
was involved in the early stages of the site as an adviser. The Observer covers local politics, arts, the environment, technology, healthy, nutrition, and other topics. It also provides online events listings and a forum for individuals to upload their own stories. The Observer also has a Youtube channel, which features interviews and mini-documentaries. The Observer website receives over 80,000 unique visitors each month, with over 100,000 total visits and 180,000 page downloads.
Online newspaper
An online newspaper, also known as a web newspaper, is a newspaper that exists on the World Wide Web or Internet, either separately or as an online version of a printed periodical....
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The site was founded in 2006 by journalist Linda Solomon
Linda Solomon
Linda Solomon is an American music critic and editor. Although she has written about various aspects of popular culture, her main focus has been on folk music, blues, R&B, jazz and country music...
as an online platform for Vancouver bloggers, writers, reporters, photographers and filmmakers. Novelist Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki
Ruth Ozeki is a Canadian-American novelist, filmmaker and Zen Buddhist priest. She worked in commercial television and media production for over a decade and made several independent films before turning to writing fiction.-Life:...
was involved in the early stages of the site as an adviser. The Observer covers local politics, arts, the environment, technology, healthy, nutrition, and other topics. It also provides online events listings and a forum for individuals to upload their own stories. The Observer also has a Youtube channel, which features interviews and mini-documentaries. The Observer website receives over 80,000 unique visitors each month, with over 100,000 total visits and 180,000 page downloads.
Awards and recognition
The Vancouver Observer won first place in Masthead's 2010 Canadian Online Publishing Awards green division for best online-only articles for its "Lost Canadians" series, by Darren Fleet and Megan Stewart, who were both completing their masters degrees at University of British Columbia Journalism School at the time. The Observer was also a finalist in three categories in the 2011 Awards: Best Overall Website, Best Online-Only Articles, and Best Website.Further reading
- Kevin Chong: Politics of Vancouver Blogs BC Business Magazine July, 2011
- Alfred Hermida: UBC J-School up for Three Online Publishing Awards, Alfred Hermida's University of British Columbia blog September 23, 2010
- Alfred Hermida: Prof. Hermida's blog wins Canadian online award, Alfred Hermida's University of British Columbia blog October 21, 2010
- Alexandra Samuels: Welcome to Vancouver, the World's Largest Social Media Experiment, Harvard Business Review, February 12, 2010