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This article was published 02/09/2011 (5126 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
COLOUR us tickled pink: The Free Press News Café has been singled out for recognition by an international journalism program.
On Thursday, the Nieman Journalism Lab, a project of Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation, praised the Exchange District café in an article by writer Tim Currie, who said the café concept is “showing the public how the sausage is made, using more than just the online tools favoured by many news organizations.”
Besides selling soups, sandwiches and cups of java, the café also hosts news-related events and serves as a home base for Free Press multimedia staff.
The Nieman article noted the Free Press is the first newspaper in Canada, and possibly the largest in North America, to open a branded café. “Being recognized internationally is very exciting,” online deputy editor John White said.
“Anyone who asks us about it, we’re more than happy to share what we know.”
As the café only opened in March, that work is just beginning. The current slate of café offerings is “just the tip of the iceberg, in terms of what we want to do there,” White said.
“We wanted to make sure things were running smoothly in phase one. Now we’re hoping to launch more of the community contributor parts of our original vision.”
The Nieman website is widely read by journalists from around the world.
You can find the story here, or at http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/09/chats-dont-have-to-be-online-a-newspaper-finds-success-with-its-downtown-news-cafe/ .