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Paul Wells on building a news empire, and not being mean
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Published:February 14, 2024
This week on WONK, host Edward Greenspon talks to Paul Wells.
Wells is the dean of political reporting in Canada. For 30 years he wrote for national news outlets before recently launching his own little media empire. He has a buzzing Substack and podcast. His brand name is now, well, his name. He talks about his life in a fast-changing media landscape, the future of journalism, and why he stopped caring about being edgy.
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