Quotes are like gold. You have to handle them as the valuable thing they are. But what happens when a PR person asks you to change a quote? Or an editor changes a quote and makes it wrong? All quotable subjects host Ed Garsten tackles in this episode.

To honor this week's national elections in Canada, host Ed Garsten recalls an almost disastrous episode while covering the 1997 elections in the Great White North for CNN, thanks to a snarky CBC staffer.

Joel Feder has been an automotive journalist for almost two decades, across all media, especially online at websites that include TheCarConnection, MotorAuthority and GreenCarReports. When those three well-respected sites were suddenly shut down recently, Feder found himself searching for a new opportunity. We discuss what happened, what the public loses when experienced beat writers lose their jobs, the general state of automotive journalism and how the tariff story is being reported.

The import tariff story is sucking up more than all the air in the room..it's monopolizing all the time of reporters and PR people. This episode recounts how the story totally upended one automotive intelligence company's well laid-out plan, how that effected this reporter and how some PR people handled the story brilliantly.

In this episode of Tales From the Beat, host Ed Garsten interviews VerticalScope editorial director Greg Migliore, who oversees several automotive websites including The Truth About Cars, Autoguide and Motorcycle.com. The lively discussion takes on tariffs, dealing with auto industry PR people, GM's dive back into racing and more.

In episode 110 of Tales From the Beat, host Ed Garsten speaks with PR pro Brian Kramer about his new online newsletter aggregating commentaries on hot PR issues. It's called This Week in PR Takes, or TWiPRT. https://thisweekinprtakes.beehiiv.com

What happened when I decided to take February off as a "sabbatical" from writing for Forbes and not responding to story pitches? It ain't pretty. Here's what happened.

Dan Roth is a journalist, PR pro, and host of the Hooniverse podcast. He fits the profile perfectly, working on both sides of the news and PR scrimmage line. We have a spirited conversation about how he's used all three to succeed at each, the culture shock of going from a newsroom to corporate PR, the viability of auto shows as a PR tool, messaging EVs and more.

Link to Hooniverse podcast:https://www.hooniverse.com/podcasts/