We’re happy beyond measure to introduce you to Taproot Edmonton’s new managing editor, Tim Querengesser.
Tim has an extensive background in journalism, including two years as managing editor of the now departed Metro Edmonton. He left that job in 2017 “because I felt the entire legacy newspaper model was no longer working in the way I had experienced in happier days, especially those at my first reporting gig at the Yukon News, still one of my favourite papers for its values and approach,” he said.
Most recently, Tim was the senior advisor for communications and engagement at the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues. But his heart remained with journalism, and Taproot has turned out to be his path back to the newsroom.
“I feel connected to the values, the approach, the unapologetic fascination with Edmonton minutiae, and the sustainable thinking behind the business,” he said.
Tim will take over responsibility for the day-to-day operations of Taproot Edmonton’s journalism, marshalling his wealth of experience to guide our editorial team and freeing up the founders to concentrate on continuing to build a sustainable business.
We often talk about Taproot as part of the connective tissue that makes our community work better. That approach aligns with the way Tim thinks.
“I see my ultimate job in all of the many things I do as making my community a better place,” he said, noting his past involvement in the Edmonton Wayfinding Society, his efforts to bring bike-sharing to the city, and an e-bike maintenance workshop he recently hosted. “In the past, being this involved was kind of taboo for journalists. I think it’s what has opened my eyes to different audiences and communities.”
That said, Tim is hardcore when it comes to finding stuff out and telling people about it, and has been since he was very young, raised by an inveterate newspaper reader and a typewriter repairman.
“I read newspapers early, I wrote things — often on a typewriter — from a young age, and I formed ideas early,” he said. “I remember reading my first essay on world politics to my rather bewildered Grade 5 class.”
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