Regent Park TV Weekly News – Impact Statement

LJI Journalist Name

apathot

LJI Partner Name

Regent Park Focus Youth Media Arts Centre

Region

Ontario

Community

Regent Park (TO)

Fred Alvarado
Dimitrije Martinovic

54 Weekly News episodes have been produced so far with the purpose of making information accessible to everyone in Toronto's Regent Park community and surrounding areas, engaging residents on what’s happening in the community, and building social cohesion and inclusion.

Our greater emphasis is on reporting on the Regent Park Social Development Plan—a community wide initiative focused on social inclusion— along with civic issues impacting the community such as the Regent Park redevelopment of Phases 4 & 5, Moss Park revitalization, homelessness and food insecurity in Downtown East communities, safety and wellbeing, affordable housing, employment opportunities and events in the neighborhood.

We cover hybrid community meetings to keep residents aware of important events unfolding in Regent Park, in particular those who cannot attend in-person events after the covid-19 pandemic.

Our reporting is a channel for the community to tell their stories and have a voice like the recent coverage about Allan Gardens encampments, discussions about rezoning perspectives and impacts of redevelopment.

Woven into all of these activities is the critical contribution of our volunteers, from high school coop students, to college and university placement students, and community members, our volunteer base keeps us connected to the diversity of our community. As well, there is another aspect of work that we do that enables deeper levels of engagement with civic issues, that is interviewing political leaders and learning about how the different levels of government function, that offer insights rarely available to people in their day-to-day lives.

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