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A recent interview on national TV showed how dishonest politicians look when they don't answer simple questions.

This Wednesday will mark six weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared. My business has changed a lot since then.

Political leaders are between a rock and a hard place these days. How much exposure for them is too much?

The COVID-19 pandemic has shone the light on some new TV stars. Here's are my thoughts on the people we now see on a daily basis.

We're a long way from the end to the COVID-19 pandemic, but one thing's for sure - many things will be different in the future because of it.

The Coronavirus pandemic has a long list of victims. Will some media outlets be next?

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed people's lives drastically. It's affected mine too, but much less than many others who do what I do.

Media training teaches people how to speak effectively to the news media, but these days, it also involves a few things that may surprise you.

I support doctors in their fee fight with the Alberta government and am worried the government doesn't know what it's doing.

A heated dispute between Alberta's doctors and the provincial government has got messy. Doctors are using Twitter to fight back.

The Houston Astros faced the media music for the sign stealing scandal last week. It didn't go well.

Four years have passed since Black Tuesday, a day that saw the biggest job losses in Canadian newspaper history. What's changed?

I spoke at an agricultural producers conference last week and it became apparent to me that social media can be public enemy number 1 in a crisis situation.

Connor McDavid has made an incredible recovery from a serious knee injury, but the reporters who cover the game totally whiffed on how bad it was.

Decades ago, the Girl Scouts talked about being prepared. That's great advice for people doing media interviews to follow.

Now that the fuss over whether people writing stories for Alberta's War Room has died down, we need to question whether others really are unbiased reporters and journalists?

We're two weeks away from a new year (and a new decade), so it's a great time to look back at my most popular blogs of the the year.

Twitter has been used for years for politicians to take shots at competitors from other parties. Now it's being used to criticize politicians from different levels of government. Here's why it's wrong.

We have fallen in love with our phones. We spend more time with them than our families and a balance needs to be found.

If Prince Andrew did much preparation for his recent train wreck of a media interview, it didn't show.

Difficult discussions in the workplace are the worst. They're stressful and awkward, but if you follow this process, they'll be easier to handle.

Radio news in Canada looks very little today like it did 30-years ago and that's not a good thing.

Organizations used to lean on the news media to tell their story. Now social media is a much better way to have your story told.

An MLS coach didn't like a reporter's question and told him to get lost. Here's what he should have said.