Why and how to end media concentration in New Brunswick

June 17, 2020

CHMA News, Local Journalism Initiative, Community Radio Fund of Canada

Mount Allison sociology professor and author Erin Steuter also spoke about media concentration back in 2016, at a Green Party meeting in Sackville. Photo: Wark Times

Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau has put forward a motion in the provincial legislature that seeks to end the concentration of media ownership in New Brunswick.

To get her take on this move, CHMA called up Erin Steuter, a Sociology professor at Mount Allison University who specializes in media studies.

Click to hear Erica Butler and Erin Steuter in conversation about media concentration in New Brunswick: why it’s bad and what we should do about it.

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Why and how to end media concentration in New Brunswick

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