One Year Anniversary
Editorial
This week’s issue is our 52nd, which means we’ve reached our one year anniversary. We’ve published almost 1,000 news articles, countless event listings and classified ads, worked with over forty freelance contributing reporters and interns, and had our pages viewed almost 250,000 times.
We started as a bootstrap operation, testing the market, building our news [...]
Rain
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO – After the hottest February in recent memory, when temperatures soared past 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and the worst heat wave to hit the country in 50 years, Rio’s been rain-slogged for a solid week.
Unfortunately for some, it means the long awaited vacation to the marvellous city has turned into [...]
Canadian Times
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO – After growing up in Vermont (a small state in north eastern USA), just about two hours from Montreal, Canada, I’ve always felt a kinship towards the people there. They have great beer, hockey, skiing (out west), comedians, and lot of other things I’m sure.
This week with the Canadians have been in [...]
Life After Carnival
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO – At the time of writing, day four of the 2010 Carnival is still in full swing, but when this is read, it will be over. Lent will then start on Ash Wednesday, the 17th of February and will continue for 46 days until Saturday, the 3rd of April.
It appears that [...]
Carnival Courage
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO – It is hard to think of much else besides Carnival these days, the streets of Rio are taken over by blocos (street parties) and the media glistens with colorful images of samba school parades.
The official four days of Carnival start on Saturday, February 13th and last until Tuesday, February 16th, but [...]
Opening the Op-Ed Section
Editorial
RIO DE JANEIRO – This is our first week of an Op-Ed section (Opinion and Editorial) and it’s an exciting new feature for us. This being my first Editorial note, I suppose it makes sense to provide a little background for those unfamiliar with our story.
My name is Stone Korshak and I am the Editor [...]
