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The author, his wife Nicole Willing and their son Miles enjoyed a trip to Prince Edward Island this summer, where the entire family played nice with others. Photo Credit Jon Willing

Jonny be good

More than two decades later, a professor’s life advice still lives rent-free in the Dad’s Dispatch columnist’s mind   The best advice I’ve heard came from an instructor in journalism school at Western University. “Don’t be a jerk,” the instructor […]

Jon Willing, in the Algonquin Times newsroom, reads an edition of the college newspaper produced by his journalism students. Photo credit: S. Gunner

New beginnings

Columnist Jon Willing recently traded a high-profile reporting career for one in academia. The biggest winners? His family A middle-age, late-career job change can be a gamble.   You have built years of seniority and achieved a level of expertise […]