![]() ![]() This is probably why I didn’t feel intimidated by him like I had by the other speakers. During the standing ovation he reminded me of a pubescent boy being asked to read out loud in class. Goldstein looked almost uncomfortable at the sound of our applause. Instead, he mostly played clips from one of his radio shows, This American Life, and stood at the podium with his head hung low as the audience nodded, smiled, laughed and clapped. Unlike the other keynote speakers, Goldstein offered little by way of advice for future journalists. “I am a humourist,” he had said quite solemnly, “which means I am like a comedian but I may not make you laugh.” ![]() ![]() I should mention, however, that of all the great speakers at this year’s Canadian University Press Conference, Goldstein recieved the only standing ovation. He fumbled with his notes, adjusted his glasses, and maintained the posture of a skittish squirrel. In a lacklustre hotel in Saskatoon, Jonathan Goldstein stood before a crowd of aspiring young journalists.
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