We’ve moved.
Starting Monday, you’ll find SRBP at edhollett.substack.com.
It’s January, the start of a new year.
And it’s also the 16th anniversary of The
Sir Robert Bond Papers.
There’s a lot happening or about to happen in politics
in Newfoundland and Labrador.
So there’s no better time to shake things up.
As in 2005, Bond Papers will still fill a niche on the
local political scene, one that has grown to a chasm in some respects.
Someone said the other day that I was blogging before
people knew what blogging was. A blog fit the need of the times. New demands or
larger demands means finding a new way to fill the gaps in the political
landscape. And so the new approach will
allow me to use new ways to deliver fresh information and fresh perspectives on
local politics.
There’ll still be at least one new post a week, at
7:00 AM every Monday. Some Monday posts will be available to anyone each month.
Through a subscription, you can support Bond Papers and
see the new content you will help develop.
There’ll be fresh analysis and commentary from me and
from guest writers.
There’ll be a podcast,
periodic at first and then more regularly as things get rolling.
Substack makes it easy to offer live q and a sessions,
so I’ll be adding that to the mix for subscribers. With an election looming and
then a series of major announcements and a budget due over the next three
months, there’ll be plenty of fuel for real-time discussions between a panel
and the audience as we all try to figure out where things are going.
I’ll be exploring ways to add video to the mix as well,
whether via Substack or through another platform like Facebook.
As with the blog, I’ll try things to see what works
best.
“In any
thriving democracy,” the first SRBP post said 16 years ago, “sound public
policy can only come through informed debate and discussion.”
That remains
the philosophy around here even though we are far from a thriving democracy. By
the way, Monday’s first Substack post - the working title is “Process” - will
touch on the state of political affairs in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Whatever the
format, Bond Papers will continue to be about stirring you up with information. Challenging. Provocative. Saucy. Put your own word on it.
That’s still
what Bond Papers will be.
Just from a
new location on the Internet, with your continued support.
