Occupational Hazards
Interview with Vancouver's John Armstrong
When I tell local author John Armstrong that I just finished reading my press copy of his new memoir, Wages, he is slightly surprised that I’ve read it at all. “You’re letting your side down,” he says, and warns me that they’ll take away my press pass for doing so.
This cynicism is not unwarranted: after 15 years working as a journalist for the Vancouver Sun, Armstrong knows altogether too much about how the media works. “I think journalism is like laws and sausages,” he tells me. “You should never see either one being made. I don’t read newspapers anymore, ever.”