Speaking
I'd love to speak your group, company, newsroom, association or class. I have several established presentations and workshops that I deliver, and I'm always open to customizing something to meet your needs. Please contact me for more information.
Here are just some of the organizations that have hosted me as a speaker:
- The Atwater Library
- Concordia University Journalism Department
- Professional Writers Association of Canada
- Quebec Writers Federation
- Ryerson University School of Journalism
- The Toronto Star
- University of King’s College Department of Journalism
Topics
Here's are some of my most popular presentations:
- Press accuracy and corrections: an overview
- Fact checking and crowdsourced fact checking
- Preventing factual errors in writing and reporting
- The history of press accuracy
- Innovations in online corrections and accuracy
- The biggest, baddest press errors of all time
- Building a freelance writing business
- And many more...
Welcome
Hey there. Thanks for stopping by. I'm a freelance journalist and author in Montreal, Canada. I serve as an associate editor for PBS MediaShift, a website that reports on trends in new media and journalism. I edit RegretTheError.com and wrote a book of the same name. I'm also the co-author, with Michael Calce, of Mafiaboy: How I Cracked The Internet and Why It's Still Broken. Both books are listed to the right.
I write weekly columns for Hour and Columbia Journalism Review online, and am a former columnist and blogger for The Globe And Mail. Read my bio by clicking on the "About Me" link above, or check out the "Writing Samples" page to read some of my work. If you're interested in speaking with me about an assignment or project, email me at the address listed below.
Recent Writing/Work- Dumb Blonde Story : CJR
- Error Prevention Made Easy : CJR
- Standard of Living
- Mission: Quality Control : CJR
- CBC.ca Video
- The Asshole Barrier
- Get More Done « Unlimited Magazine
- All the news you can produce: 'Citizen journalism' goes (semi) pro - The Globe and Mail
- Multitasking Myths and the Argument for Slow Work « Unlimited Blog
- Canoodling co-workers: Sign on the dotted line - The Globe and Mail