Hi,
My name is Anand Vijay Kumar, and I am the editor and curator of The Chronicler.
First, I want to thank you for your readership. Over the past many weeks, The Chronicler has had a definitive change in direction — and I owe you an honest account of why.
The Chronicler was built around an idea to bring back joy in reading the news, something that I am proud to say I have been able to experience. I don’t want you to experience us as a feed, or a digest. I want you to experience us beyond a push notification on your phone. I intend for you to be able to sit with an issue of The Chronicler as your consistent reference and reflection of the world around you. The kind that covers Canada, India, and the world in one place, because that is the world many of us truly live in.
To do so well, I built a production standard that I am truly proud of. Every article was verified against a live source, every figure checked. Every edition assembled by hand. Our publishing standard ensures comprehensive, responsible, and meticulous reporting. It turns out though, that this standard, at a daily frequency, is unsustainable, and would eventually break.
So, I have had to change. And here’s what changes.
The Chronicler will publish three articles each for Canada, India, and the World, with condensed coverage for the GTA and sports. It will no longer have the larger broadsheet reporting across multiple desks and categories.
And here’s what doesn’t change.
The commitment to responsible and meticulous reporting backed by the standard of verification remains The Chronicler’s ethical pillar. The aesthetics, intent, and resolve do not change. Only the volume of reporting does.
I believe this is the only honest path forward to bring you consistent reporting. Because, over everything else, consistency is what you need from a news source you trust.
If you have any feedback, or something you’d like to see covered, I’d genuinely like to hear from you.