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Jeremy Klaszus Founder & Editor. Jeremy Klaszus is a Calgary journalist who has been reporting on the city for more than 20 years. He launched The Sprawl in 2017 to help fill the ever-widening gaps in the city's media landscape. Prior to launching The Sprawl, he was a staff writer for Fast Forward Weekly, a columnist for the Calgary Herald and Metro, and a radio reporter for CBC.
The politics of property taxes | The Sprawl
4 days ago · The politics of property taxes. Sprawlcast is Calgary’s in-depth municipal podcast. Made in collaboration with CJSW 90.9 FM, it’s a show for curious Calgarians who want more than the daily news grind. A lightly-edited transcript of this episode is below, for those who would rather read than listen.
Sprawlcast | The Sprawl
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How curiosity opens our righteous minds | The Sprawl
Mar 23, 2024 · The Sprawl was a pop-up operation that was just a few months old, and Mike suggested that the radio format would be ideal for The Sprawl's deep-dive local journalism. "Let it percolate," he said. This is a Mike-ism—he works with me to this day and has said it to me many times since. "Let it percolate." This could be The Sprawl's slogan: Let ...
Sprawlcast: Cheryl Foggo on Black life in Alberta | The Sprawl
Jun 6, 2020 · Cheryl Foggo has been writing about racism and Black life in Alberta for more than 30 years—as an award-winning author, playwright and filmmaker. Her first book was just republished this year in a 30th anniversary edition. It’s called Pourin’ Down Rain: A Black Woman Claims Her Place in the Canadian West. And her latest project is the ...
In-depth Calgary journalism - The Sprawl
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The Sprawl celebrates five years of in-depth Calgary journalism
Sep 17, 2022 · "People who care about Calgary." That's as good a description as any of the community that has grown around The Sprawl over the years.The writers, the illustrators, the photographers, the readers and listeners—and especially our 1,600+ members, who care enough about Calgary to pitch in a few bucks a month to support our journalism. Of course, some years have been better than others.
News in an age of disorientation | The Sprawl
Feb 24, 2024 · A lot has changed in journalism—in both the making of it, and the reading of it—in recent years. I sometimes think back to when I started writing for Fast Forward Weekly nearly 20 years ago. When one of your stories was published, …