Prince Rupert's reporting ranks drop by one more, with departure of Northern View's Norman Galimski

Journalist Norman Galimski has composed a farewell to Prince Rupert 
as he brings his time with the local paper to an end
(Image from Twitter)

There is one less stream of information available to share the challenges and celebrations of North Coast community today. 

With a farewell column from Northern View reporter Norman Galimski published last evening, a final few notes from the Black Press journalist who offered up  a short overview of his seven months in the community.

As he observes, he was hired on as a contract reporter through the Local Journalism Initiative program, which has partial funding from the Federal government to provide financial assistance to media to staff positions for up to a year.

We first noted of his arrival in Prince Rupert back in August of 2021, his first story focusing on the challenges of COVID for local restaurants

That one year term for the funding program has seemingly come to an end a little shy of an anniversary date, and as he prepares to exit the Northern View newsroom, Mr. Galimski will pack up his Blue Honda Civic, leaving him with a few lasting memories, many of them not surprisingly weather related ones.

You can review his farewell to the community here.

A look back at his work with the local paper can be reviewed here.

To follow his career arc and where he goes next, check his twitter feed for updates.

His departure for the moment leaves the local paper with only one news gatherer, newly named editor KJ Millar, the timing of the reporter shortage coming as the All Native Basketball Tournament arrives, ready to dominate the community spirit over the next week.

The Northern View is not the only media organization with a hole to fill on the staffing side, we have yet to hear of any success for Bell Media  TV7 in filling a reporter position for their Atlin Terminal studio and the Prince Rupert Newsbeat.

That position has been empty since February, when Joshua Azizi left for Vancouver and a writers position with Global News.

The tide rolling out for journalism in the region of late, is one that leaves a number of important stories sidelines, not gaining the attention that they deserve. 

Particularly when it comes to municipal government, provincial representation and social issues for the region.

Hopefully, we are composing a few Welcome to Prince Rupert pieces in the not too distant future, as a new wave of reporters and journalists take up station in the city to cover the stories that are important to the community.

More notes on the local media across the Northwest can be explored here.