My Media Career

Journalism truly gave my life meaning. Work - for many of us - provides definition and identity, and if you are lucky or determined, it also provides a sense of purpose.

Charles Dickens once wrote that what is meant by knowledge of the world is simply an acquaintance with the infirmities of man. In other words, to be truly knowledgeable we must recognize human frailty.  And that’s how I always saw my work as a journalist – the art of collecting and telling stories of the human condition.

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Interviewing Pierre Trudeau.
Interviewing Margaret Thatcher
During the Falklands war in Argentina
With my CANADA AM cohost Norm Perry in China
On the Great Wall of China
With CTV Ottawa bureau colleagues, travelling with PM Mulroney across Asia
On the news set prepping for election night coverage
Saying farewell along with co-host Keith Morrison and Dan Matheson.
With Michael Hackenberger, owner of the Bowmanwille Zoo with(the late) Bongo – a regular guest on Pamela Wallin Live.
Me and Bongo
Elephants as our “guests” on Pamela Wallin Live
Elephants performing in unison for the cameras at the zoo
The team at Pamela Wallin Live who worked a miracle every night!
In New York Paul Schaffer and Richard Belzer, star of Law and Order at the official residence when I was Consul General
With Bishop Desmond Tutu
With longtime CTV anchor Lloyd Robertson who is a friend and mentor.

Pamela Wallin Productions

Pamela Wallin Live

Pamela Wallin was a widely acclaimed interview program featuring ideas presented by articulate and compelling guests: celebrated people from the arts and entertainment worlds, politicians, Nobel laureates, business leaders and "ordinary" people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances.

Pamela’s guests have included everyone from Elvis Stojko to Elvis Costello; Henry Czerny to Henry Kissinger; and Sarah McLachlan to Sarah, Duchess of York.  The generosity of so many has allowed Pamela to explore the inner world - the minds - of the rich and famous, the  amazing and the courageous, the brave and the brazen, the resilient and even the reluctant.

Pamela Wallin Show Episode Guides

  1. The Pamela Wallin Show; 1995-1996 Episode Guide
  2. The Pamela Wallin Show 1996 -1997  Episode Guide
  3. The Pamela Wallin Show 1997 -1998  Episode Guide
  4. The Pamela Wallin Show 1998 -1999  Episode Guide
  5. The Pamela Wallin Show; 1999-2000 Episode Guide

Pamela Wallin & Company

Pamela Wallin & Company is a weekly roundtable discussion that tackles topics ranging from celibacy to the farm crisis to an exploration of the minds of the twenty-somethings who are making millions on the Internet.

Pamela Wallin & Company Episode Guides

  1. Pamela Wallin & Company; 1998 - 1999 Episode Guide
  2. Pamela Wallin & Company; 1999 - 2000 Episode Guide

Chapters & Verse

Pamela's company was one of the pioneers in internet based media, creating an online column with excerpts from author interviews - a project done in conjunction with Chapters and The Globe & Mail.  Here are some samples.

  1. Becoming A Smarter Thinker
  2. Canada Day
  3. Cold Fear And Cold Hearted Columnists
  4. To Be or Not To Be Paul Gross
  5. Comfort Food
  6. Shop Till The Economy Drops
  7. Harry Meets The Baudelaires
  8. Go West Young Girl
  9. Happy 35th Birthday Anne of Green Gables: The Musical 
  10. Permission To Be Happy
  11. Plumbing The Depths Of Desire
  12. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
  13. Judging Books Without Covers
  14. The Vicious Circle
  15. Autumn In New York

 

Catherine Clark interviews Pamela Wallin about her life in media.