My first week

I was at Radio-Canada every day this week (Feb. 6 to 8) from 9 in the morning to 5 at night and needless to say, it was an amazing week.

On Monday, I had a ‘Welcome to Radi0-Canada’ day. I visited most of the halls and offices in the ever confusing Radi0-Canada tower with…

First Two Days

Nicknames, athletics and dealing with PR.

“Hey I’m going to be late. I got a ticket”

It’s Jacques-Alexis, my supervisor, on the line. It’s 8:45 on Thursday, my first day as an intern at Radio-Canada, officially. I’m as excited, as I’m stressed.

Working Two Days

One thing you quickly realize when you’re only working two days a week as a journalist: it’s hard to work on long term projects.

My last two weeks have been good examples of that. After going to a Montreal Impact practice with Simon Cremer, during which I had a chance to…

First Two Days

Nicknames, athletics and dealing with PR.

“Hey I’m going to be late. I got a ticket”

It’s Jacques-Alexis, my supervisor, on the line. It’s 8:45 on Thursday, my first day as an intern at Radio-Canada, officially. I’m as excited, as I’m stressed.

Second Week

My second week was just as entertaining as my first.

I heard one name a lot on Thursday: Ogie Ogilthorpe. One of Radio-Canada’s reporters, Jean-Francois Poirier, had gone to Kingston where Bill “Goldie” Goldthorpe, the former hockey g0on that inspired the character in the…

Working on Trade Deadline

I didn’t blog two weeks ago because I left for the Jeux de la communication in Sherbrooke on Thursday and came back to Montreal the following Monday, but that did allow me to work on a special day: the NHL trade deadline.