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Pull Quotes Season 6 Episode 3: Maddy Mahoney on the evolution of advice columns

In the third episode of season six, host Silas Le Blanc talks to Maddy Mahoney on her Review-exclusive story about the history of advice columns, their advice columnists, as well as how the medium has evolved throughout the years.

Pull Quotes: Season 6, Episode 2: Tony Milton on the fall of Now Magazine

In the second episode of season six, host Tara De Boer interviews Anthony ‘Tony’ Milton on his Review-exclusive story about the past, present, and tentative future of Now magazine.

Pull Quotes: Season 6, Episode 1: ChatGPT, text-generative AI and the newsroom

In the first episode of season six, host Timothy Cooke talks to a computer scientist and a newsroom digital developer about ChatGPT and the future of other text-generative AI in newsrooms.

Behind The Camera

On a frosty January morning this year, Tori Yorgey was reporting on water main breaks for WSAZ NewsChannel 3 in West Virginia, when she was hit by a car on live television. Yorgey was taken to a hospital to be checked out and suffered no lasting injuries, but the incident highlighted just how dangerous the job of a solo video journalist is.

Dos and Don’ts

Mike LaPointe darts back in from the cold, flexing his fingers to warm them up as he sits down to write. One hour inside, then back out to report some more. He pens just 100 words, then goes back to covering the story occupying the heart of Ottawa—the trucker protests.