 The covers for the Seeker side and Flipside of the June 2023 edition of The Cornwall Seeker | |
| Type | Monthly Newsmagazine |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | Julia Lucio & Mai-Liis Renaud |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Headquarters | 327, 2nd Street East, Cornwall, Ontario |
| Circulation | 5,000 |
| Website | https://theseeker.ca/ |
The Cornwall Seeker is a monthly newsmagazine based in Cornwall, Ontario. It was founded by Julia Lucio and Mai-Liis Renaud in 2010, originally as a newspaper under the name "The Local Finder." The newsmagazine is primarily focused on arts, culture, and events. [1] In April 2023, The Seeker began to publish a second product monthly, titled "Cornwall & SDG Seeker Snippets." Both formats are distributed all across Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry.
History
editThe Cornwall Seeker was founded in 2010 by "Seeker Chicks" Julia Lucio and Mai-Liis Renaud. At the time, the business was a weekly black and white tabloid newspaper called "The Local Finder." The original idea for the newspaper was only to provide classified ads and event listings to the Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry population. Soon after the company's inception though, community individuals were interested in providing columns for the paper, leading to it shifting from the original tabloid format to an early version of the modern "positive news" format.
The company has gone through various name, branding, and production changes over the years. It was originally titled "The Local Finder," and featured teal and lime brand colours. By the release of issue #2, the newspaper had changed their name to "The Local Seeker" for legal reasons. In 2012, the company had dropped the "local" out of their name, becoming just "The Seeker." At the same time, it switched from the original teal and lime colour scheme and adopted its current red branding, switching from black and white to coloured print in the process. The company later added Cornwall to their name.
Some time between 2014 and 2016, the newspaper switched from releasing issues weekly to releasing issues bi-weekly.
In 2018, the company changed to its current form. It switched from newspaper format to its current two-in-one flip newsmagazine format, featuring the Cornwall Seeker side and the Seeker Flipside. At the same time, the newsmagazine adopted monthly publishing as opposed to the newspaper's bi-weekly publishing.
In April 2023, The Seeker introduced "Seeker Snippets," a monthly publication focused on providing events, a monthly recap, and advertisements.
Format
editThe current Cornwall Seeker is a two-in-one colour magazine consisting of two distinct sides: The Seeker side and the Seeker Flipside.
The Seeker side is focused primarily on SDSG arts, culture, and events, featuring all of the columns from the newsmagazine's various columnists, coverage of recent events, and occasional political news and coverage. This side heavily promotes local arts in columns such as "The Art Seeker" and "5 Questions With."
The Seeker Flipside's theme changes every month and is topically themed in accordance with the month. For example, the March edition is typically women themed.
Distribution
editThe Cornwall Seeker is distributed to various stores, restaurants, and other public places across Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry within the first week of every month. [2] Additionally, the latest edition can be found outside of the main office. In any of these locations, the newsmagazine can be picked up free of charge. The newsmagazine distributes an estimated 5,000 copies every month.
The Cornwall & SDG Seeker Snippets is also distributed to public places across Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry. This happens around the 18th of every month. An estimated 10,000 copies are distributed monthly.
Editorial Board
edit- Julia Lucio: Co-founder, managing editor, columnist of "Agree to Disagree"
- Mai-Liis Renaud: Co-founder, creative design, columnist of "Out and About" and "Locals in the Loupe"
- Jason Setnyk: Music & news, columnist of "5 Questions With"
- John Grow: Columnist of "For What its Worth"
- Louise Mignault: Politics & social.
- Mateo Lucio: Junior editor, Columnist of "Keeping it Reel" and "Take Note"
Columnists
edit- Ian Bowering: Writer focused on SDSG history
- Lisa Gray: "Wondrous Life"
- Betty Healey: "roadSIGNS"
- Sylvie O'Rourke: "Outdoors Club"
- Yafa Goawily: "Yafa Arts & Crafts"
- Ivan Labelle: "Men Writes"
- Anna Varnava: "Gardening Questions"
- Jenni MacDonald: "Mortgage Matters"
- Marlene Lister: "Fashionably Marlene"
- Sharyn Thompson: "Sharyn's Pantry"
- Bride Rose: "Which Witch is Witch?"
- Grant Fraser: "Grant Spills the Gravy"
See also
edit- ^ Seeker, The (2016-03-10). "Our Mission Statement". The Seeker Newsmagazine Cornwall. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Seeker, The (2016-04-19). "Maps". The Seeker Newsmagazine Cornwall. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ SeekersAdmin (2013-01-21). "Contributors". The Seeker Newsmagazine Cornwall. Retrieved 2023-07-16.