August 26, 2018
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#242 Live Local News Neither Live Nor Local
Paul Tadich compares his time working at Global TV to a "news sweatshop".
Ellen Payne Smith
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Kevin Sexton
Producer
Jesse Brown
Host & Publisher

Paul Tadich joins Jesse to talk about what it was like producing local news for multiple cities from a windowless green-screen room in Don Mills, Toronto.

Read Paul’s article about his time at Global. You can also read our Q&A with an executive at Global’s parent company.

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