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Here’s a post where I criticize my ability to do my job.

Posted on 13 June 2012 and filed under articles, comments, journalism, radio

At AVC.com last week, there was a discussion around “Where do you get your news?” A lot of the discussion was how in the age of the internet (mostly Facebook and Twitter), people expect news to find them rather than for them to go seek it out. That’s telling for people (like me!) who trade […]

Posted on 19 April 2012 and filed under articles, journalism, radio

Iceclimbing – Daybreak Edition “Please don’t mess this up.” That thought kept jumping into my head as I stood on the outskirts of the city, in a complete strangers’ front yard, against the backdrop of a completely frozen tree being used for iceclimbing. That’s right. Iceclimbing. On a tree. I first got wind of this […]

Posted on 24 February 2011 and filed under articles, CBC, journalism, personal, Prince George, radio

So, I’m now a researcher at CBC Radio. I’ve even taken some training. And as time goes on, I’m starting to feel more and more like I might actually know what I’m doing around there. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had to do something I wasn’t sure I was ready for: go […]

Posted on 15 January 2011 and filed under CBC, journalism, personal, radio

A couple of weeks back, when fall was still warm rather than frigid and wet, I was able to go out to the Hadih House in Prince George to gather some tape on canning sessions they were holding there. The day before they had done salmon and the next day they were doing moose, but […]

Posted on 26 October 2010 and filed under articles, CBC, personal, radio

I don’t listen to a lot of radio from the States, but after seeing three recommendations for “This American Life” in three days, I decided to give it a go. I visited their website and clicked on “Favorites” and ultimately chose “20 Acts in 60 Minutes.” The gist is simple: in the hour-long show, they […]

Posted on 27 July 2010 and filed under comments, radio

“The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) is pleased to announce that the campus and community radio sector will receive vital funding following the decision released today by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on the Review of the Campus and Community Radio Policies. “The Commission approved part of the CRFC’s request for mandatory […]

Posted on 23 July 2010 and filed under radio

I went to going-away shindig for a coworker earlier this week. That’s not altogether unusual. What is unusual is the number of people outside of my workplace who are aware of and care about the fact that this going-away is happening. You see, it was for none other than Daybreak North host Chris Walker who, […]

Posted on 18 July 2010 and filed under articles, comments, personal, radio

Alrighty… my big, full-length interview debut on CBC Daybreak North is on tomorrow at 7:52. I talk to the guys from Classic Rock 101 in Vancouver about how they came to the conclusion that Prince George is “the armpit of BC’s Interior.”

Posted on 28 June 2010 and filed under CBC, personal, radio