19 Jun Tim Bousquet, publisher

This week, Tim Bousquet, the acerbic former news editor of The Coast, a Halifax weekly, launched his own venture, Halifax Examiner, a one-man, subscription-based news site featuring the proprietor’s dogged investigative journalism.

Tim is a talented reporter whose knee-jerk assumption of ill-motives on the part of businesspeople and politicians undercuts his work but finds favour with many readers. No one I know has ever accused him of humility.

I hope he succeeds, because a range of informed voices is what keeps journalism exciting, useful, and contributing to democracy. You can count on Tim to uncover some bad shit. As with all journalistic projects these days, it will be a tough slog. It also shoehorns him uncomfortably into the ranks of a cohort he habitually reviles; Tim’s a businessman himself now.

Subscription options range from $5/month for students and those who deem their incomes low, $10 for most folks, $20 for those despised business people and politicians, and $25 for those keen to support the venture.