Back on the Radio After All These Years
It’s true. I’m doing morning news again! This week, I’m on 94.1 myFM St. Thomas.
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Fixing the News With a News Fix
We have just come out of another heat alert. It was humid and hot and wildfire smoke just added to it.
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AI OMG
The other day I watched George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden eat tacos and laugh. Mocking, of course, the Cheeto in Chief’s latest nickname: TACO. (Trump Always Chickens Out.)
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The Dog Days of Summer for the Media
Some people insist on believing that “the media is lying to you!” About everything. I’m here to tell you that “the media” doesn’t exist. Separate companies, different points of view, etc. So BBC, CNN, FOX, CTV – they’re all in on it together? Every COMPETING company employs liars and forces them to lie?
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Mourning Dove News – Dovologist Ophelia Clutterbuck Returns
Unless the train is running, and apart from music, Port Stanley’s mourning doves make some of the most consistent sounds in this village.
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To Err is Human, to Forgive Yourself, Divine
A recent post about a day in radio news ended with me saying the gaffe I wrote about “wasn’t even my worst.” A reader – thanks, Lee! – asked, so what WAS the worst?
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Professional Pivoting is What All the Cool Kids are Doing
Long ago and far away at a point in my radio career, I transitioned away from being a music host into newscaster and reporter.
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Book Review – The Trauma Beat by Tamara Cherry
As a news anchor (and previously an occasional reporter), I always tried to keep in mind that the subjects of news stories were real people. They were only human, and might be living their worst day as their name – or the name of a loved one – made the news.
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News Trauma and Its Antidote
Years ago, in a private Facebook messenger conversation, my pal Stacey told me that she used to combat the stress of college by watching videos of puppies on YouTube.
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Poking the Emotional Bears in All of Us
Recently, I tried out a headline analyzer. You plunk in a headline for a blog post and the analyzer tells you whether it’s going to attract clicks. For example, the analysis says the headline needs, “more emotional words”. So, you write it again to improve the headline’s percentage score.
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News Junkie Declutters
Being kind to oneself, self-care is a journey. I find that while making changes at the start of a new year is a bit of a cliche it’s also a really logical time for it. I have a few in mind, but first, the news.
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The Art of Self-Control
Writing today’s post has been a struggle. As far as struggles go, it’s really nothing, but it’s real to me.
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