Monthly Archives: August 2009

A Small Wonder is gone

Dianne Trottier, RIP

Recruiting the Facebook Generation via Tweethole

What can we learn from the denizens of the tweethole about how to do this thing?

Jon Dube

‘Is that really what it’s going to sound like? All the time?’

Social media reporting in the regions

Why even step outside the office anymore and talk to people to find out information and dig for stories when it’s all available online?

Lynne Russell’s favorite car, least favorite job

CNN broadcaster Lynne Russell is profiled in Globe Auto today

Parker Donham

“It turns out that CBC is in the process of converting all its streaming audio feeds from Windows Media to MP3 format”
— Parker Donham on gaps in the CBC iPhone app

Chat with Susan Ormiston at noon today

Ask her about that pesky squirrel.

‘You know, you are the only blonde here’

Susan Ormiston’s Afghan Diary

Susan Ormiston

The manager jerks open the door of another van, orders a passenger out and pushes me into the front seat. Stuffed in the back are five Afghan men who are no doubt wondering about this blond intruder, a woman no less.
It’s a race down the hill for two kilometres. People seem to emerge from behind [...]

How a star is born

That pesky Strombo pops up everywhere!

Herb Colling

I didn’t get cut. I was eligible for early retirement, and opted for the voluntary program. I was going to retire within a couple of years anyway, so it just accelerated my plans a bit. I’ve had a good run with CBC. It’s been a good employer to me, and I was lucky for the [...]

Ivor Tossell

Really enjoying Jane Farrow’s guest-hosting of Q on CBC. Mornings are listenable again!
— Ivor Tossell via twitter

Strombo takes several years to realize that radio is not his medium

No one wants to only hear him, or his taste in music

Alternative hosts for ‘The Hour’

Barney, Doug Coupland, Irshad Manji, Matthew Good

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