Author Archives: Susan Reisler

Perils of Texting

Perhaps it is the fact that I grew up in a generation where words really meant what they said, or perhaps it is the fact that I spent so much of my life as a journalist, where the wrong words … Continue reading

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Congress and Parliament – Coliseums designed to rip apart the opposition

Governing across the Divide: Restoring Civility to Public Discourse was the title of a program I recently attended at the Washington National Cathedral. The setting was appropriately awe-inspiring and the audience of Democrats, Republicans and Independents were sitting on the … Continue reading

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Apologies – getting it right

The media is all a-twitter about apologies. From a former Ontario cabinet minister, to a hip-hop artist, a U.S. Congressman, one of the great women tennis players, and even the President of the United States himself. All in few weeks, … Continue reading

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It is time to pick up the phone

Recently I was talking to a colleague about incessant emails – thanks to our wireless devices they appear day and night. Short messages with poignant questions: questions that often need to be answered with other questions. They keep piling up. … Continue reading

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Journalism without borders

The hard fought Democratic Primary in the United States was punctuated with PR nightmares created by the newly empowered citizen journalist. Armed with nothing more than a cell phone, a guest to a private event, or an onlooker on a … Continue reading

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