User:Sebastian Panache

Mooseclean's is a Canadian digital news satire publication reporting on international, national, and local news. It is itself a parody, having been founded in playful homage to Maclean's magazine. Despite identifying itself as "Canada’s favourite current affairs magazine", its visual presentation and content is more reminiscent of a traditional newspaper.

Mooseclean's articles satirize current events, both real and fictional. It parodies news stories, advice columns, interviews, editorials, and letters to the editor.

History
While officially claiming to be founded in 1905, the year of Maclean's founding, Mooseclean's was established on May 16, 2013. Likewise, founder and publisher John Bayne Mooseclean is also a tribute to John Bayne Maclean.

Sebastian Panache started the site as a one man operation, writing the content under a variety of pseudonyms in order to create the illusion of staff. Within a two weeks, the stories attracted the attention of Toronto humourist Jay Milley, who joined as the first staff writer. However, the pen names remain in active use for any writer who wishes to publish their work anonymously.

Regular features
Regular features of Mooseclean's include:
 * "finklebottom", a Sunday cartoon characterized by dark and surreal humour
 * "My Answer", a parody of the advice column by Billy Graham, where the content is purportedly written by disgraced evangelists who work as Graham's interns
 * Strange poll questions
 * Letters to the editor, which unlike those sent to Maclean's, never relate to previously-published stories

The Mooseclean's website is updated a minimum four times per week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.

Reporters and editors
The current Editor-in-Chief of Mooseclean's is Sebastian Panache. The Senior Editor is Sharon Dunn. The writing staff, who vary in their activity, include Molly Donovan, Colin M. Gleeson, Dan Walton, Alex Van Hamme, Brendan Richardson, amiableCDN, Justin Mathews, Jay Milley, David Elmaleh, Jenn F. Hayward, Headline Muse, ModernGinger, NativeForeigner and SaskaDude.

Mooseclean's fictional staff members are Founder and Publisher "Zombie John" Bayne Mooseclean, Deputy Editor Binder Dundat, Managing Editor Mordecai Richelieu, Editor Laurence Atwood, Senior Writers Piers Burton and Davidson Roberts, and Writers Douglas McKenzie and Robert McKenzie.