Comments on: Remembering a newspapering icon http://www.brucewishart.com/solidgold/remembering-a-newspapering-icon/ Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:23:27 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bruce http://www.brucewishart.com/solidgold/remembering-a-newspapering-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Bruce Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:35:54 +0000 http://www.brucewishart.com/?p=154#comment-121 Hi, Laurie. People sometimes smile and give a little shake of the head when Iris is mentioned, but I’ve never heard anyone speak ill of her. I only knew her after her time at the Daily, though my friend Iain worked closely with her. Radler sent flowers to my wife (and AdMan!) and I each Christmas, but other memories are not so fond. When I was hired as publisher at PRTW I insisted that the current publisher, and former editor, be retained as editor. On my first day I was aghast to learn that they’d fired him. I stuck to my guns. They sent me an “editor” who could not – and I’m not making this up – who could not even type. Once she was sent packing, I was allowed to bring back the former editor, but only as “reporter.” He was expected to do the editor’s job at reporter’s pay. That incident proved to be prophetic of my relations with that regional manager. Hi, Laurie. People sometimes smile and give a little shake of the head when Iris is mentioned, but I’ve never heard anyone speak ill of her. I only knew her after her time at the Daily, though my friend Iain worked closely with her.

Radler sent flowers to my wife (and AdMan!) and I each Christmas, but other memories are not so fond. When I was hired as publisher at PRTW I insisted that the current publisher, and former editor, be retained as editor. On my first day I was aghast to learn that they’d fired him. I stuck to my guns. They sent me an “editor” who could not – and I’m not making this up – who could not even type. Once she was sent packing, I was allowed to bring back the former editor, but only as “reporter.” He was expected to do the editor’s job at reporter’s pay. That incident proved to be prophetic of my relations with that regional manager.

]]> By: Laurie Jones http://www.brucewishart.com/solidgold/remembering-a-newspapering-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Laurie Jones Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:19:39 +0000 http://www.brucewishart.com/?p=154#comment-120 Hi Bruce. I appreciated your tribute to Iris Christison. I joined the Prince Rupert Daily News as a reporter in 1975, back in the days when Conrad Black was just one of three partners in Sterling Newspapers. I remember doing a somewhat controversial article about the shoddy quality of BC Packers' company-owned housing. The story was picked up by W5 and caused a stir. David Radler flew up with some BC Packers' representatives from the Vancouver head office and called me to a meeting in Iris' office. What I remember most was the reassuring sense that Iris "had my back" as they say and was fiercely protective of her staff, despite - or maybe because of - David Radler's influence. I have taken the liberty of posting a link to the Iris Christison tribute on my blog at http://whaleboneproductions.com/blog/?p=120. I hope that's okay. Hi Bruce.
I appreciated your tribute to Iris Christison. I joined the Prince Rupert Daily News as a reporter in 1975, back in the days when Conrad Black was just one of three partners in Sterling Newspapers. I remember doing a somewhat controversial article about the shoddy quality of BC Packers’ company-owned housing. The story was picked up by W5 and caused a stir. David Radler flew up with some BC Packers’ representatives from the Vancouver head office and called me to a meeting in Iris’ office. What I remember most was the reassuring sense that Iris “had my back” as they say and was fiercely protective of her staff, despite – or maybe because of – David Radler’s influence.
I have taken the liberty of posting a link to the Iris Christison tribute on my blog at http://whaleboneproductions.com/blog/?p=120. I hope that’s okay.

]]> By: More on the Prince Rupert Daily News http://www.brucewishart.com/solidgold/remembering-a-newspapering-icon/comment-page-1/#comment-118 More on the Prince Rupert Daily News Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:21:15 +0000 http://www.brucewishart.com/?p=154#comment-118 [...] particularly interesting is by Bruce Wishart, former editor of Prince Rupert This Week, who wrote a tribute to Iris Christison, longtime publisher of The Daily News. Iris became publisher in 1971, just four years before I [...] [...] particularly interesting is by Bruce Wishart, former editor of Prince Rupert This Week, who wrote a tribute to Iris Christison, longtime publisher of The Daily News. Iris became publisher in 1971, just four years before I [...]

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