The men behind the tweets
Brent Booher felt like he’d made it. After the Packers beat the Steelers in Super Bowl XLV last February, ESPN.com’s Michael Smith name-dropped him on the network’s ode to blabber-mouth analysis, Around The Horn. But Smith didn’t mention Booher’s first or last name. He referred to him by the moniker that almost 98,000 people know [...]
Bernie Lucht speaks with his new family
The job of a journalist is to ask questions. But before a reporter can get to ask the five W’s, they should concentrate on the four I’s. The first of those I’s is the idea (the others are information, initiative and insight). A story doesn’t begin until something inspires the journalist and an idea is [...]
A conversation with author Dave Zirin
In today’s sports media world, few voices are as educated, different or interesting as Dave Zirin’s. Why? Because his commentary is more about the political environment and ramifications that sports surround, other than blabbing about how player A is better than player B because A has more heart. Zirin has been named by UTNE Reader [...]
Movember’s meaning
Since 2007, Canadian men have been growing mustaches and giving more reasons to remember, remember the month of November. Just ask Peter Mallette. The former CTV News reporter, anchor and producer in Halifax and current director of Prostate Cancer Canada Atlantic, noticed how mainstream the movement went in 2010 when he realized how many mustaches [...]
Conversation with author Jeff Pearlman
At 10:45 p.m., a phone call came 105 minutes late. “Hi, this is Jeff Pearlman. I owe you a huge apology. This is the lamest excuse ever: I fell asleep, I took an hour nap.” When you’ve dedicated the last three years of your life to interviewing almost 700 sources to tell the story of [...]
Book review: Facing The Hunter
In David Adams Richards’ novel, Facing the Hunter: Reflections on a Misunderstood Way of Life, Richards tries to knock away the misconceptions of the lifestyle of hunting. He begins by identifying the stereotypes of a hunter. To the novice or the uneducated, hunting can be perceived as an unsophisticated, barbaric ritual practiced by rednecks who hunt [...]
Princess Margaret Bridge may not open until Nov. 15: Woodside
Mayor Brad Woodside says the Princess Margaret Bridge may not open until Nov. 15. The bridge has been closed since May for what’s supposed to be the final phase of repairs. “After the 15th, there will be traffic on the bridge guaranteed,” Woodside said at Monday’s Fredericton city council meeting. Woodside didn’t rule out the [...]
Fredericton’s budget process begins
The process of creating the 2012 Fredericton budget started on Monday night at city hall. Council has more than 10 weeks to finalize the budget before its projected unveiling Dec. 14. Tina Tapley, city treasurer, gave a presentation about how the city will maintain sustainability, which she described as, “spending the right money on the [...]
Campus parking and the new NBCC
The new Community College is nearly finished on the UNB campus. But students are wondering where they are going to park. Sean O’Neill has the story.