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did a magazine call your city “boring”!?!?! this survival guide will help you get through it!

Posted on 27 May 2015 and filed under articles, big, British Columbia, main

So yesterday, 241 people at CBC stations across the country, including a few I know, were told their jobs are “redundant”. That brings the total for this year alone to 1,400 cut jobs. I remember when I started at CBC. We had tens of millions more in our budget. We had a robust slate of […]

Posted on 17 April 2015 and filed under articles, big, Canada, CBC, journalism, main

Remembering a broadcasting legend.

Posted on 2 April 2015 and filed under articles, big, journalism, main, personal, Prince George

100 years isn’t that long.

Posted on 5 March 2015 and filed under articles, big, Indigenous, main, misc, Prince George

I am from Prince George. AMA

Posted on 12 February 2015 and filed under big, main, Prince George

For decades, the “radio voice” has belonged to baritone white men. Where does that leave women, accents, and people with speech impediments?

Posted on 31 January 2015 and filed under big, radio

Eleven years ago, two major things were going on in my life: the first is that I was turning nineteen. The second is I had met a girl.

Posted on 17 January 2015 and filed under articles, big, main, personal

I believe in freedom of speech but I also believe in a world where people can go wherever they choose without being subjected to harassing, hateful language.

Posted on 10 January 2015 and filed under articles, big, main, media, misc

A premium, 45-minute-a-side cassette mixtape of some of my favourite tracks of 2014.

Posted on 2 January 2015 and filed under articles, big, comments, main, music

2014 was the year I learned about the importance of time.

Posted on 24 December 2014 and filed under articles, big, main, personal

Just as “Fear Of Missing Out” describes the anxiety people have that they’ll miss someone else’s awesome thing, “In Case You Missed It” comes from the fear that other people will miss our awesome thing.

Posted on 19 December 2014 and filed under articles, big, comments, media, misc

As tempting as it is to mock Gawker, Buzzfeed, et al I think it’s wiser to pay attention to how they fare at carving out a new model for journalism in the digital age.

Posted on 10 December 2014 and filed under articles, big, journalism, main

In a post called “The Racists We Love,” Jay Kirell documents the help he’s had in his life – a family member who got him a job, a manager who gave him a raise, fellow army members who saved his life – from people who hold and communicate racist views: “At no point in time did I […]

Posted on 28 November 2014 and filed under articles, big, comments, main, misc

Stop judging my facial hair…

Posted on 19 November 2014 and filed under big, comments, main, misc

I know many of you have already made your statements, gracious and congratulatory, but I can’t imagine it doesn’t hurt. You don’t show it, but you’re wondering what went wrong. Where you might have done better.

Posted on 16 November 2014 and filed under articles, big, main, politics