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Off Mic

A year ago, I was supposed to be a CBC Radio host for a few weeks. Those few weeks are finally coming to an end.

Posted on 10 April 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, personal, radio

on community

Amazon is fast and cheap but it doesn’t open on Friday night to help launch a self-published magazine with poetry readings and tea.

Posted on 22 March 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, cities, comments, main, Prince George

Emotional fascism and using music in radio

When is music useful to underscore an emotion, and when is it emotional fascism?

Posted on 28 February 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, radio

When there's new information on a story, do we delete or amend?

When an old story gets new information, is it better to amend the original post, or delete and replace?

Posted on 26 February 2014 and filed under comments, main, social media

Lheidli T'enneh | Where I live

Why I’m changing my online profiles to say I live in Lheidli T’enneh, and why you might want to, too.

Posted on 24 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, Indigenous, main, Prince George

What riding a bike taught me about prejudice, poverty, and designed exclusion

When an SUV swerved to hit me, I realized riding a bike in a car-dominated culture is an inherantly political act.

Posted on 19 February 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, bikes, cities, comments, design, main

At Home in the Hood Podcast: Download Stories from Prince George's VLA

In this special series, Daybreak goes inside one of the most notorious neighbourhoods in British Columbia to get the stories behind the statistics.

Posted on 2 February 2014 and filed under articles, big, CBC, comments, main, Prince George, radio

Even more reasons why audio never goes viral (and how to change it)

We aren’t conditioned to think of the world in terms of audio, and even if we do it’s expensive and difficult to share it.

Posted on 22 January 2014 and filed under articles, Best Of, big, comments, main, radio

How many people should we expect to die in car accidents?

Driving is a convenience, but it comes with a real cost.

Posted on 10 January 2014 and filed under articles, comments, design, main, misc

Start Now

I resolve to make resolutions whenever I damn well please, starting with this.

Posted on 4 January 2014 and filed under articles, comments, main, personal, writing

The Best of Andrew 2013

The pieces of writing, radio, and miscellania that I am most proud of in 2013.

Posted on 21 December 2013 and filed under Best Of, big, comments, main

Here's how to spy on someone walking around downtown Prince George

Just a few more livestreams and we can have full-on downtown surveillance.

Posted on 22 November 2013 and filed under comments, Prince George

Humbled, no brag

“It’s hard to understand the influence people have on you until 5 or 10 years later. It’s scary to think about what my life would have been like if they hadn’t been there.”

Posted on 15 November 2013 and filed under articles, big, comments, main, personal

Where are musicians going online?

Facebook and YouTube are huge, Twitter is up, MySpace is down, and Last.fm is just sort of there.

Posted on 2 November 2013 and filed under articles, comments, main, music, social media

How to get a journalism job you don't technically qualify for

1. Don’t wait for permission. 2. Be interested in something no one else is interested in. 3. Copy people who are better than you.

Posted on 28 October 2013 and filed under articles, Best Of, comments, how to, journalism, main

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