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Sean Silcoff writes about technology, biotechnology and innovation for the Globe and Mail, Canada's National Newspaper. He is the winner of three National Newspaper Awards and is the co-author of Losing the Signal: the Spectacular Rise and Fall of BlackBerry, which was released in May 2015. Losing the Signal won Canada’s National Business Book Award and was shortlisted for the international Financial Times & McKinsey Business Book of the Year.

• Sean's Muck Rack (Journalism social media)
• Sean's Twitter

In this episode, we discuss...

• how Sean broke into journalism
• what drew him towards business journalism
• meeting Tobi Lütke when Shopify had 40 employees and kickstarting his interest in technology
• a piece that Sean wrote that caused Jim Balsillie of RIM/BlackBerry to reach out
• how Jim's reach out led to a Globe piece that ended up inspiring Sean's book Losing the Signal
• how he convinced Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis to be interviewed for the book
• how to build a trusted network of sources
• balancing being quick to release a scoop while also validating the story
• why respecting and humanizing your interviewees is the most powerful interview style
• AI's impact on journalism

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