Clippings: Media coverage of Votermedia
| Date | Source | Author | Title & Link | Description |
| 2016-10-16 | Globe & Mail Report on Business | Marina Strauss & Sean Silcoff | Mountain Equipment Co-op eases board-applicant rules | MEC dropped a controversial requirement that severely limited who could qualify to be on its board. |
| 2015-12-03 | CorpGov.net | Mark Latham | Why I’m voting WITHHOLD on Fission Uranium (FCU) | Retail shareowner uprising at Canadian mining company. |
| 2015-10-16 | Globe & Mail Report on Business | Sean Silcoff & Marina Strauss | MEC governance changes spark dissent among long-time loyalists | Discusses MEC's loss of democratic member control. See also votermedia.blogspot.ca/search/label/MEC. |
| 2013-09-03 | Financial Times Agenda | Ian Thomas | Cisco Investors to Vote on Proxy Advisor Contest Proposal | Pro and con opinions of this votermedia proposal in Cisco's 2013 proxy -- see also votermedia.org/proposals. |
| 2013-04-26 | The Mainlander | Claire Vulliamy | Vancity elections: Democracy or patronage? | Vancity's lack of member democracy may be undermining the public interest goals of their funding allocations. Quotes from Mark Latham's 2012 paper We Want Our Co-ops Back |
| 2013-04-11 | Georgia Straight | Carlito Pablo | Vancity election recommendations generate controversy | Vancity board endorsements on election ballot criticized as undemocratic. Quotes from Mark Latham's 2012 paper We Want Our Co-ops Back |
| 2013-03-18 | Vancouver Observer | Mark Latham | We want our co-ops back | Opinion piece on resolutions for member vote at MEC and at Coast Capital Savings. |
| 2013-01-20 | The Ubyssey | Sarah Bigam | VoterMedia struggles with reduced funding | UBC blogger coverage of student union has shrunk, from lack of incentive. |
| 2012-09-10 | Agenda | Katie Wagner | Could a Contest Improve Proxy Voting? | Mixed reviews of the Proxy Advisor Competition Proposal we recently submitted to Costco. |
| 2012-04-30 | The Tyee | Kai Nagata | How to Rescue Canadian Journalism | Summary of recent Journalism Strategies conference in Montreal. Brief mention of votermedia. Interesting comments from readers. |
| 2012-04-12 | Georgia Straight | Carlito Pablo | Vancity board of directors elections criticized for being undemocratic | Many Vancity members oppose the practice of highlighting board-approved recommended candidates on the ballot. This comment links to the related VoterMedia blog post. |
| 2012-03-19 | Georgia Straight (online) | Stephen Thomson | Bid to update Mountain Equipment Co-op board election rules sparks debate | MEC election and proposed resolution illustrate need for better voter info system -- see 1st comment on this article |
| 2012-01-27 | The Tyee | Ben Christopher | A Math Wiz's Idea to Revive Local Journalism | Origin of VoterMedia idea, why it works, success at UBC |
| 2012-01-10 | The Ubyssey | Andrew Bates | Voter Funded Media budget cut by $5000 for 2012 AMS elections | UBC AMS 2011-2012 budget for VoterMedia awards: $1,000 for OneTime election-linked contest; $0 for Continuous |
| 2011-11-09 | Burnaby Now | Jennifer Moreau | Burnaby bloggers could win $1,000 | VoterMedia & municipal blog contest; Burnaby blog ballot. |
| 2011-11-02 | The Tyee | Andrew MacLeod | As 'Public Eye' Shuts, Hopes for Online Reporting Take Hit | Shows why VoterMedia is needed to support public journalism -- see Mark Latham comment below this article. |
| 2011-11-02 | The Capilano Courier | Sarah Mansour | Hot Off the Printing Press: The State of the Media Industry | Changing economics of journalism; VoterMedia & municipal blog contest; Media Democracy Days. |
| 2011-10-13 | 24 Hours - Vancouver | Suzanne Wilton | New blogging project aims to improve voter information | Description of VoterMedia.org and our B.C. Municipal 2011 blog competition. |
| 2011-10-12 | North Shore Outlook | Sean Kolenko | Doling it out for democracy | Development of VoterMedia.org and our B.C. Municipal 2011 blog competition. |
| 2011-01-06 | The Ubyssey | Arshy Mann | Continuous Voter Funded Media on hold | UBC AMS Continuous VoterMedia contest on hold pending rules update re anonymous blogs |
| 2010-11-05 | The Ubyssey | Justin McElroy | Media Democracy | McElroy: VFM has become continuous | UBC AMS VoterMedia competition now runs year-round -- good! |
| 2010-09-13 | Compliance Week | Melissa Klein Aguilar | SEC Committee to Get a Makeover Due to Dodd-Frank | Mark Latham not volunteering for the new SEC Investor Advisory Committee |
| 2010-07-14 | Harvard Law School Forum: Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation | James McRitchie | An Open Proposal for Client Directed Voting | Supports & expands on Client Directed Voting Q&A |
| 2010-06-07 | Fortune video on CNNMoney.com | Bill McNabb | Pushing for better corp.governance | Fortune uses ProxyDemocracy to critique Vanguard's CEO on their voting record |
| 2010-03-05 | New York Times | Tara Siegel Bernard | Voting Your Shares May Start to Matter | Voting power of retail investors aided by ProxyDemocracy, Moxy Vote. |
| 2010-03-05 | Harvard Law School Forum: Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation | John Wilcox | Fixing the Problems with Client Directed Voting | CDV needs more options (as in Proxy Voting Brand Competition). |
| 2010-02-04 | The Ubyssey | Editors | Editorial: VFM should be continuous | AMS should run Continuous VoterMedia year-round. |
| 2010-02-03 | UBC Insiders | Alex Lougheed | Voter Funded Media Results | Pretty graphs of Continuous VoterMedia results through time. |
| 2010-02-02 | The Ubyssey | Stephanie Warren | Radical Beer Tribune wins Voter Funded Media | Surprising results in AMS OneTime VoterMedia contest -- compare results in Continuous contest |
| 2009-12-16 | UBC Insiders | Neal Yonson | VFM Mania | Continuous VoterMedia for UBC AMS: reasons for it, how it's different. |
| 2009-12-16 | Social Capital | Jason Ng | Interview with VoterMedia Founder - Mark Latham | VoterMedia overview; UBC implementations. |
| 2009-09-24 | ciratalk.ca | Mark Latham | CIRA 2009 board election | Use voter funded media for CIRA board election? |
| 2009-02-17 | Freakonomics blog | Ian Ayres | A Voucher System for Investigative Reporting | Summary of A national endowment for journalism. Latham comment. |
| 2009-02-10 | VoterMedia Democracy Blog | Mark Latham | UBC AMS voting results | Evolution of VoterMedia at UBC 2007 - 2008 - 2009. |
| 2009-01-31 | The UBC Spectator | Justin Yang | Voter-Funded Media: Past, Present and Future | 3 years of evolution for VoterMedia at UBC. |
| 2008-12-23 | The Tyee | Rob Annandale | Idea #2: Voter-funded Media | VoterMedia overview; critique from journalism instructors. |
| 2008-12 | Corporate Secretary | Janine Armin | Choosing your own auditor | Mark Latham quoted: let shareowners choose auditor. |
| 2008-10-27 | FairVote UBC | Mark Crowley | Voting about news about voting to support voting | VoterMedia, democratic engagement, proportional voting. |
| 2008-10-24 | The Ubyssey | Isabel Ferreras | Voter Funded Media - The Media Democracy issue | Decline of activity in VoterMedia; need for promotion. |
| 2008-10-04 | Heart of Eden | Eden Hart | Welcome to the VFM -- Ur doing it Wrong! | Urging blog contestants to increase their readership. |
| 2008-10-03 | Beyond Robson | Sean Orr | Voter Media | Positive review of VoterMedia.org project. |
| 2008-09-05 | RadioZoom.net | Miss604.com | Voter Media For The People | Audio; 35 minutes; Mark Latham interview. |
| 2008-07-16 | Radio-Canada: Ailleurs c'est ici | Julie Carpentier | Entrevue: Mark Latham | Audio; 9 minutes; en francais; VoterMedia & Vancouver. |
| 2008 | Langara Journalism Review | Benjamin Alldritt | Vote Me The Money! | Mark Latham interview; VoterMedia overview. |
| 2008-05-12 | Stephen Rees's blog | Stephen Rees | Vancouver Voters' Guide Blogging Contest | Vancouver transit issues; enough for prize? |
| 2008-03-06 | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman | VFM launches at SFU | Year-round VoterMedia at SFU; UBC; future of VoterMedia. |
| 2008-02-07 | VoterMedia Democracy Blog | Mark Latham | UBC VFM Results | Positive assessment of VoterMedia impact and evolution. |
| 2008-02-02 | The Devil's Advocate | Eoin O'Dwyer | VFM Results and Selling Out | Impact of low turnout in VoterMedia voting period. |
| 2008-02-01 | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman | Voter Funded Media Results! | Debate on media quality and which awards were deserved. |
| 2008-01-27 | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman | How to vote in VFM - Interpolated Consensus,WTF? | Interpolated Consensus vote tallying system. |
| 2008-01-22 | UBC Insiders | anonymous | Letter to the Editor, re: VFM | Flaws in VoterMedia. |
| 2008-01-14 | SFU Online Learning Community | coopcom | Voter-Funded Media Contest Hits SFU | Intro to VoterMedia for Simon Fraser University students. |
| 2008-01-12 | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman | VFM 2008 has already failed | Late launch of UBC VoterMedia contest. |
| 2007-12-07 | Western Front | Sarah Gordon | AS may host media contest | Western Washington University VoterMedia proposal. |
| 2007-10-23 | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman | VFM intro, or, how complicated can counting be? | UBC 2007-2008 VoterMedia contest intro. |
| 2007-06-06 | UBC Insiders | Maayan Kreitzman | Chitchat with Mark Latham | Overview of VoterMedia. Can it really change the media? |
| 2007-03-28 | UBC Alma Mater Society | VFM Committee | Report to AMS Council | Recommends VoterMedia again, starting Sept 2007. |
| 2007-02-13 | The Ubyssey | Alfie Lee | VFM gets students involved | VoterMedia educates students and candidates re AMS issues. |
| 2007-02-06 | The Ubyssey | Matthew Naylor | VFM a true contest | Benefits of VoterMedia scrutiny of electoral candidates. |
| 2007-02-02 | The Ubyssey | Boris Korby & Eric Szeto | Shock abounds Voter Funded Media election | Various reactions to surprising VoterMedia vote results. |
| 2007-02-01 | VoterMedia Blog | Mark Latham | UBC AMS Elections & VFM Results | Why surprising VoterMedia vote results; future of VoterMedia. |
| 2007-01-28 | Elections Insider | Tim Louman-Gardiner | Media on Media | Overview/critique of VoterMedia contestants & impact. |
| 2007-01-27 | StudentUnion.ca | Titus Gregory | UBC elections: an experiment in Voter-Funded Media | VoterMedia overview. Comprehensiveness of Elections Insider. |
| 2005-07-01 | Global Proxy Watch | Stephen Davis | My Proxy Advisor | Launch of MPA which later became ProxyDemocracy. |
| 2004-01-30 | Global Proxy Watch | Stephen Davis | It Matters | Plans for client directed voting, based on The Internet Will Drive Corporate Monitoring and Voting Leverage proposal. |
| 2002-02-08 | Global Proxy Watch | Stephen Davis | Auditors | Mark Latham submits Auditor Independence proposal to Fleetwood Enterprises. |
| 2001-01-04 | TheStreet.com | Mercer Bullard | Are Ballots Too Secret? Fund Advisers Should Tell How They Vote Proxies | AFL-CIO push to require funds to disclose how they vote; Latham quoted. |
| 2000-12-22 | Global Proxy Watch | Stephen Davis | Independent Choice | Mark Latham submits Auditor Independence proposal to SONICblue. |
| 2000-10 | Trillium Asset Management | Shelley Alpern | Internet Shareholder Activism, Part II | Clarified Latham's proposals on improving proxy voting. |
| 2000-10-02 | Business Week | Mark Latham | Shareholders Have Power: It's Up to Them to Use It | Response to "Too much corporate power?" story |
| 2000-03-27 | SocialFunds.com | Newsroom | Shareholders Weigh in on Proxy Advisor Scheme | Report on 1999-2000 Proxy Advisor proposal campaign. |
| 1999-11-10 | Hartford Courant | Diane Levick | Advice Sought for Shareholders on Proxy Proposals | Report on 1999-2000 Proxy Advisor proposal campaign. |
| 1999-11-09 | MarketWatch.com | Corporate governance goes online | Founding of The Corporate Library. 1999-2000 Proxy Advisor proposal campaign. |
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| 1999-11-09 | BusinessWire | Mark Latham | News release: Shareholder Power Proposal | Proxy Advisor proposal submitted to Citigroup, General Electric, Gillette, Pfizer, Warner-Lambert |
| 1999-10-29 | Global Proxy Watch | Stephen Davis | Watch Me | James McRitchie submits Mark Latham's Proxy Advisor proposal to Whole Foods. |
| 1997-12-26 | Global Proxy Watch | Stephen Davis | Twin drives press for independent bodies to monitor management | Article Proposed: A Governance "Monitor" published in Sept/Oct 1997 issue of The Corporate Board. |
| 1997-09-02 | BusinessWire | Mark Latham | News release: Proposed: A Governance 'Monitor' | Article published in The Corporate Board |