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Good luck 👍

You are one of the good ones, Robson Fletcher. You will be missed. Best of luck to you.

Well, congratulations Robson. This is a bold move. I've consulted, on and off, for more than 25 years, and can attest to its highs and lows. Always keep a close eye on your client pipeline, even when you're run off your feet. Good luck!

Good on you for pursuing change in the way you see best, using your immense talents. It's a loss to the CBC, to be sure, but I'm hoping it's a net gain to the bigger picture of fighting misinformation.

Robson, best wishes in this new chapter. I’ve always found your data analysis insightful and look forward to continuing to follow your work here on Bluesky and on LinkedIn.

You did outstanding work during the pandemic for the CBC and I followed you, from Twitter to Mastodon, to Bluesky. I think you could even help BlueSky become better. Best of success to you.

Sorry to see you leave journalism—a big loss for the Ceeb and for Calgary journalism. But this sounds like an exciting step. There are some real upsides to going independent. Congrats!

Good luck with this. I’ve really enjoyed reading all your work. Your pandemic stuff was so interesting and valuable in particular.

For me, you've been a highly trusted source of news and analysis. I'm sure there are individuals and organizations out there who would jump at the chance to harness some of your expertise, so wishing you great success in the new venture!

Thanks, Brian. I definitely plan to keep putting things out into the public discourse that I think are interesting, important, or relevant to the public interest.

It's a big loss to the journalism community but sounds like an exciting move. Best of luck!!

Good luck! Will miss having such a trusted voice at CBC.

Good luck and congratulations! I’ll miss seeing your byline.

This is wonderful news! I have tonnes of admiration for those who decide to strike out on their own. It is both exciting and a bit scary, which is why most people don’t even try. So, kudos to you and much success!

Best of luck Robson

Good luck with the switch.

All the best in your new chapter. Look forward to seeing your continued work.

Congrats on the launch. Twenty years in, opening your own practice is a real shift — wishing you a strong start.

Thank you!

Fascinating. As a writer & data architect, I've found the lack of use of analytics in journalism to be shocking. Esp as we've moved further ahem "data driven" journalism

There really is a gap between the two worlds. Not that many folks have their feet in both.

Getting more data into our world is such important work! Best of luck to you, Robson.

Congratulations! We need communications with your integrity.

Big fan of your work at CBC, best of luck!

Really really going to miss your journalism but wishing you nothing but the best.

Best of luck Robson! Hopefully you'll keep posting charts here and there fornusbto enjoy!?

Congratulations and good luck!

Best of Luck Robson, sounds like a worthwhile endeavor!

All the best to you Robson. So much I could say - but perhaps most important: your daily updated virus/cases/immunization visuals during the pandemic's waves were a *key* part to us preserving sanity and staying COVID free until well after our 3-generation household all received 2 doses each. Kudos!

Oh wow that is really validating to hear. I'm so glad that information was so directly useful during that scary time. The real power of data lies in how it's used to help people, imo, so that warms my heart. Thank you!

Same! Getting that u6 vax took so long! I can't wait to see what you do next Robson. Your cbe absence data scraping was my intro to scraping data... and now I'm hooked. I've also learned so much about data viz from your visuals!

All the best, Robson!

Hi Robson, I have a full time job but do some web development on the side for fun. If you ever need help on that aspect of your project I'd love to hear more about it.

Good luck Robson. This is a very big loss for CBC. Robson produced many high-impact stories and provided data-based analysis/insight to important public issues.

Congrats!

Thank you for the reporting you have done on the toxic drug crisis and other public health issues. You will be missed. As families, it means a lot when the stories of our loved ones are told. 💜

In part, because I’m old enough to use phrases like “hang up my own shingle.” Journalism has been a slice, but it’s time for something new. The industry has also changed SO MUCH since I started out as a newspaper reporter back in 2005. (I didn’t even have a cellphone then!) So I'm changing too…

These days, traditional news still plays an important role in society, but there are so many other avenues for communication. Unfortunately, many of these new avenues are, um, a bit lacking when it comes to facts, evidence, context and clear communication of important ideas.

I’ve seen so many people and organizations doing important, meaningful work who struggle to break through the noise of our modern information ecosystem. I tried my best as a journalist to highlight this type of work and information. Now, I'm taking a different approach…

Congrats Robson! Sounds like a great next step

All the best in this next step. Data good. Storytelling good. Context the best!

I will miss your data work Robson, it has been consistently very good. best of luck in your new ventures.

i've always appreciated your data analysis and graphics, so good luck in your new job!

Congrats and good luck, Robson - will you be doing a substack or similar as well, or is all your work going to be "private" now?

That's a good question. The exact shape of all of this is yet to be determined but I still expect to maintain a public presence and put stuff out there just because I think it's interesting or important and in the public interest.

Hoping to see you opining on things on YouTube. I'll subscribe. Nothing like passive income, perhaps?

Good luck, and I hope there are many spreadsheets and graphs in your future :)