680News - Lisa Brandt

For about six weeks now, I’ve been writing a weekly column for Sun Media. Turning Points appears in all of the Sun’s newspapers across the country including The Toronto Sun, of course, each Friday in the Money section.

I was asked to write the column based on my broadcasting career, the challenges I’ve encountered and how I’ve overcome them. It has been a lot of fun so far and I’ve received e-mails and letters from readers who want to share their own experiences or comment on mine. It’s fascinating to discover what strikes a chord with people. I’m finding that it’s not what I expect. Something I think of as a run-of-the-mill comment is what tends to touch someone who reads my words.

Writing an opinion and advice column is very different from writing news, which is based on facts and should be absolutely free of my thoughts and personal feelings. It’s a bit liberating, actually, to express myself in the way that I want to without the tight parameters that go along with broadcast news.

Radio and specifically 680News radio are my great career loves but some side projects can be a lot of fun. Many of us have other talents that we express in other types of media. For a few years, Paul Cook hosted a TV show called Agenda. You might notice a familiar voice or two from 680News doing voice-overs for television or DVD. As with Turning Points, these projects allow us to show another dimension of ourselves and reveal what else we’re capable of.

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