Brandi Schier

As the Publisher & CEO of Discourse Community Publishing, Brandi Schier leads a growing network of independent news outlets including The Wren Kamloops, Sun Peaks Independent News, The Revelstoke Mountaineer and The Discourse Cowichan, Nanaimo and Comox. Throughout her career in community news in B.C., Brandi has learned people want to see independent, impactful, solutions-focused local news. She is dedicated to working with her team to reimagine journalism to better serve communitiesincluding in her work as a sessional journalism instructor at Thompson Rivers University and as the co-chair of Press Forward, Canada’s national association representing independent media.

Our biggest competitor just shut down and we’re devastated

By Brandi Schier ● Analysis ● October 24, 2023

Some of you have reached out wondering if the closure of Kamloops This Week is a win for The Wren. It is not, writes publisher Brandi Schier.

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Our biggest competitor just shut down and we’re devastated