The province’s politicians got into a debate at the legislature about whether government is doing enough to stop harassment, specifically sexual harassment, in the workplace. Harassment in some form or another has been present at virtually every radio job I’ve had and it doesn’t matter whether or not the target is you, the fact that it is allowed to continue affects everyone on staff. …
It’s possible that you’ve noticed a love/hate relationship between newspapers and radio stations. Â At the papers, many believe radio newscasters merely rip off their work and put it on air. (There is basis in fact for this, which I’ll get to later.) At radio stations, there’s a belief that papers will go out of their way to overlook the whole medium and not name a specific station if they can help it. Â This is also sometimes true. Â …
I’ve been surrounded by students lately! It’s intern-mania in London radio newsrooms right now. I’m impressed by the calibre of talent coming out of Fanshawe College. And now I’ve been offered the chance to help it grow. …
Dinosaurs – defined in this case as people who haven’t evolved with the times – make assumptions. Â They assume everybody celebrates Christmas and don’t consider that they might be Jewish or another faith. Â They assume everybody is straight. Â They never think about whether a white person might be married to a black person or if someone might have adopted the children whose hands they’re holding. Â …
To say I was gobsmacked by a proposal from City of London staff would be an understatement. …
Today I’m presenting a media training session at Mission Services here in London. Â They’ve asked me to come and talk to them about how to talk to the media. Â We are a necessary evil to organizations and it helps everyone on both sides if we know what we’re dealing with. Â …
Baldwin, complete with his bad attitude and evolving girth, is one of my favourite performers.  It has just been announced that he will be here in London in November to speak at a medical gathering on behalf of the Dana and Christopher Reeve Foundation which he has long supported. …
I wasn’t feeling well when we left for Michigan on Saturday morning. I had a headache and a mildly queasy tummy. Â After we stopped at the Port Huron Cracker Barrel, where I had a bland breakfast of plain oatmeal with raisins, the queasiness turned into full-blown nausea. Â I spent an hour of the trip with my seat reclined, under a blanket. Â If only I had taken that as a sign of what was to come! …
It makes me very happy that the one conspiracy theory I completely subscribe to is being brought to light little by little. Â Someone in the magazine world is exposing the ridiculous measures they go to, to “perfect” already beautiful women. Â You don’t think Faith Hill needs touching up? Â Well neither do I! Â …
Everybody makes mistakes! Â This one would have caused red faces all around. Â 
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This city’s best known TV news anchor was recently arrested on assault charges. Â I wrote a blog last week about not judging him until the facts are in. Â But the issue today is whether or not his arrest qualifies as “news”. Â There is no question that it does to every media property in this city except its largest daily newspaper and I and my media brethren feel a) the paper made an incomprehensible decision to not run the story and b) unfairly and now publicly judged by them because we aired the story. Â …
London has exactly one television station. Â Yup. Â One. …
A Toronto Sun columnist made some comments on the weekend about the use of the word “exclusive” by media and the 24-hour-news channels’ purported penchant for claiming they’ve broken stories that were already cracked by someone else. …
The headline reads, “Crash Blamed on Do-Gooder”. …
