This weeks’s communications winners and losers. Sorry Max Miller. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
The Congressman, the Bunny and the Flight Attendants
Communications winners and losers for the week
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Terry Reith🇨🇦
@terryreith.bsky.social
Founder of Storei Media. Longtime Canadian journalist telling stories from Canada and around the world. Politics, travel, history, people, media literacy and the truth behind the spin. Photographer. Storei.ca
I’m now old and grumpy enough to truly channel Sam Kinison. We could use his voice today. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
I’m Done Speaking Quietly About Climate Change
Now I'm channelling my inner Sam Kinison. WAKE UP!
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Over two decades I watched the decline of our downtown core. As in most cities it’s because of a series of errors, the worst of which was ignoring the drug crisis. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
What Happened to Downtown Edmonton?
It was already gritty, then it went downhill from there
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PR people outnumber reporters. And often they make bad choices. Anyone interested in a weekly column of best and worst, written by a retired reporter? Here’s an example. Post your best and worst comms here: open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
Communications Winners and Losers of the Week
Public relations people outnumber reporters by a wide margin. This week I've seen good, bad and mediocre. So lets get at it
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A lot of people are complaining about smoke, but we seem incapable of doing anything about it. Here was my experience. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
The things firesmoke have taught me and what it should teach the world
It's another smoky day. Maybe I should complain to someone
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I set out to write a straight analysis piece, and then I changed my mind. Here’s why. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
On Data Centres, AI and Journalism
This is not the tidy analysis piece I set out to write.
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I worked in local radio for years, first as a DJ, then as a newsman. The loss of some legacy radio stations is a blow to Canada's media landscape. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
The Slow Death of Local Radio
Rogers cut 230 jobs and killed six radio stations this week. The dial is quieter than it used to be, and nobody who runs a radio company seems to care.
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Being a TV reporter isn’t about glamour, it’s about grit.
Working in a big city newsroom, I think is a little like serving in combat. You live with images and horrible scenes you can never forget.
With apologies to Ralph Steadman, this is how I asked AI to imagine my back yard in his view. The duck’s name is Victor. At this point 3 people get the joke. Feel free to engage or speculate.
open.substack.com/pub/terryreith Not to put too fine a point on this, but I’m trying to sit outside, first time in a week of recovering from flooding, and the air is getting thicker from forest fire smoke. I’m getting eaten by mosquitoes. Our weather has gone wonky.
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Commentary from a recovering journalist. Click to read From the newsdesk of Storei Media, by Terry Reith, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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Every so often I surface from the bubbling cauldron of BS which is life today, and recalibrate the meter open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
Ten Questions to Calibrate Your BS Meter
The best defence against BS is not cynicism. It's better questions.
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Premier Danielle Smith has finally put a price tag on sovereignty. That’s a useful start. But it also raises a more important question: who are the people asking Albertans to take this leap, and what do they actually believe? open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
The New Separatists Of The Old West
They are selling snake oil in a dangerous world
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Like Don Quixote on the prairie, Danielle Smith is charging at imaginary enemies while Alberta gets dragged along for the ride.https://open.substack.com/pub/terryreith/p/stay-in-your-lane-premier?r=4zepdg&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer
Stay in Your Lane, Premier
Danielle Smith spent years demanding Ottawa mind its own business. Now she can’t seem to mind hers.
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Edmonton’s High Level Bridge is more than a river crossing. It connects downtown, the Legislature, the university and the city’s history. As we plan its replacement, we should build more than infrastructure. We should build something beautiful. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
Edmonton's Next Bridge Must Be Its Greatest: Let's Do It Right
There are moments in the rhythm of a city when the question is not what must be replaced, but what sort of statement do we make to the generations that come after us..
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open.substack.com/pub/terryrei... I’m sharing some of the lessons learned from a 4+ decade career in radio and TV. How you present yourself on camera matters, even if you’re just doing Zoom calls. If you’d like more of this please like and subscribe to my Substack.
Workshop Wednesday: The Five-Second Judgment — How Audiences Decide Whether to Trust You
First impressions mean everything
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My latest story tracing the evolution of British blues. Jack Bruce was the bass player who changed everything. He played with Manfred Mann, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and went on to form Cream. His story is legendary and you can read it here, with links. open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
The Thursday Sessions: Jack Bruce and the Birth of British Blues
From smoky London clubs to global stages — how a restless bassist helped ignite a musical revolution.
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If you’re into a little New Year’s musical journey please check out my piece on the architect of British blues, Alexis Korner. #blues #music #history #alexiskorner open.substack.com/pub/terryrei...
Alexis Korner: "The Grandfather of British Blues"
Welcome to the Thursday Sessions, live at the Marquee
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