Sean Silcoff, reporter and author

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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