I remember him on Global over 20 years ago, I believe he was the Queen’s Park bureau chief back then.

Friday is Richardson's final broadcast in Ottawa. He had a lengthy chat on CTV Morning Live, reminiscing about his years in the business. 

Meantime, the network has announced who will officially replace Richardson in the air chair. 

Patricia Boal named anchor of CTV Ottawa News at Six

Seems Mr. Richardson isn't exactly letting the grass grow under his feet. He's already signed up to join Edelman, a government relations and PR firm, that operates in Canada and a number of other countries.



 

Last edited by BowmanvilleBob (July 9, 2024 8:48 am)

RadioActive wrote:

It's more than likely he'd already landed this gig before he handed in his resignation. 

No doubt. Still, it's looking like another record year for senior broadcast journalists across the country leaving the industry to join PR/advocacy firms or staring their own consulting gigs, whether through voluntary or involuntary departures. The loss of this level of experienced talent doesn't bode well for the future.
 

A recent perspective I learned related to this phenomenon.

"Within a week of actual research, we just threw out the term information literacy," says Yasmin Green, Jigsaw's CEO. Gen Zers, it turns out, are "not on a linear journey to evaluate the veracity of anything." Instead, they're engaged in what the researchers call "information sensibility" — a "socially informed" practice that relies on "folk heuristics of credibility."

In other words, Gen Zers know the difference between rock-solid news and AI-generated memes. They just don't care.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ar-BB1oQBF4

Keith Morrison, who fled Canadian hard news media to go to Los Angeles eventually left Los Angeles TV news because, as he put it, consultants told his station to always lead with stories about animals.
Then he went on to star is TV documentary news that led to him being ridiculed by the likes of Bill Hader.