The News Biz

Keith Lacey is very, very sorry. The besieged editor of the Osoyoos (pronounced O-SOO-YUSS, not O-SOY-YOOS, please) Times apologized Monday for the things he said during a [Continue]

I got a phone message yesterday morning from a reader who objected to the picture on the front page of the young man being arrested at Lansdowne Village mall. It was, she [Continue]

This will gain me a few new nicknames, I’m pretty sure. Dinosaur, Troglodyte, Luddite and Idiot come to mind. Well, okay, I’ve been called Idiot before. It’s quite [Continue]

BOOK REVIEW By MEL ROTHENBURGER TITLE: Kings, Killers and Kinks in the Cosmos (paperback) AUTHOR: Robert Egby PUBLISHER: Three Mile Point Publishing Have you ever known [Continue]

A former Kamloops newspaper man died this week. He was Allie Campbell, one of my former partners in the ownership of this newspaper way back when it was locally owned. While [Continue]

We’ve all heard of breaking news. Then there’s breakaway news. This newsroom can be an interesting place to work in. Friday afternoon, reporter Michele Young was [Continue]

I for one, am thrilled with the announcement that CBC Radio will launch a Kamloops-based morning show next year. It is about time. For too long we’ve had to be [Continue]

I’ve argued for years that journalists need to be involved in their communities, and that worries about conflict of interest are only what you make them. Last Friday, [Continue]

Journalists live for a scoop. Beyond that, they’ll settle for a good story. Truth is, in this technological age, a scoop lasts literally for about five minutes. [Continue]

If there was a lesson to be learned from this Christmas season, it’s that a daily newspaper should not wait four days between publications. I enjoyed the extended [Continue]

If Barack Obama did it? Peter Milobar did it, so did Terry Lake. Stephen Harper is a master at it. If they can do it, can I? Well, yes we can. When he was running for [Continue]

Sometimes it’s good to remind yourself why you do things the way you do them. For many years now, I’ve had a policy of not publishing details about suicides. Not [Continue]

Election  nights, I usually spend some time guesting with one of the electronic media, then visiting a couple of campaign offices before sashaying into the office to fire [Continue]

I’ve never been big on funeral coverage. It seems like an intrusion to me. When the departed has been a prominent part of the community, it’s difficult not to [Continue]