In this week of Titanic remembrances I found a story I liked about the way the first news item was filed. A cigar box plays a big part. A reporter named Carlos Hurd of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and his wife Katherine were on another ship, the Carpathia, bound for Naples when the Titanic sank. [...]
“No Comment” blurts Mitch McDeere as he emerges from court on a recent episode of NBC’s The Firm. “Oh no”, I thought, “they shouldn’t show people saying that on TV – it makes our jobs as media trainers harder!” But not to worry. Moments later Mitch was in the hands of his own media trainer [...]
We went to a Purim Spiel. Right – I’d never heard of it either. So here’s the story: Purim is one of the happiest and most entertaining holidays on the Jewish calendar. Over 2000 years ago Jewish people living in Persia were rescued from extermination. Purim memorializes the courage of the young queen Esther who [...]
I grew up with The Province newspaper in broadsheet form, delivered to our house in the small hours so my dad could read it before leaving for the office. Over the years I eased over to reading The Vancouver Sun for a variety of reasons. That paper celebrates its 100th birthday today – and I [...]