The News Biz

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]