I’m Scott Simpson, @TheMediaHoarder.
Here’s why I’m on a mission to save family memories through videography.
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Amanda died just hours after the doctor came to our house to tell her that time was almost up, and she should get busy making memories right away.

Her three-year fight with ovarian cancer ended. I was alone to raise our three-year-old son, Gordon. And despite being a self-proclaimed Media Hoarder, I hadn’t managed to get Amanda on video to leave messages for G’s future.

I set about gathering up every photograph, video clip, text message, scanned scrap of paper with handwritten grocery lists … quantity now, perhaps to be curated later. Once it’s gone, it’s gone and you can’t get it back. I’ve got a lot of ephemera but no purposeful statement from her about her life, and I regret that.

Years earlier, I’d given my aging grandmother a cassette recorder and a box of tapes and pleaded with her to tell me her story. She died without recording any.

Then my mother began losing her memory to Alzheimer’s-related dementia. Before she was too far gone, I sat her down for the most thorough video biographer her mind could allow. She will be remembered.

I started recording things with a tape recorder when I was a kid. Goofy stuff, funny stuff, sometimes historic stuff like the first Space Shuttle launch. Some of those tapes survived, and I’ve made sure to make digital copies of every scrap of analog media I’ve found. I want my son to have a thorough accounting of his dad’s life when the time is right.

I’ve spent my career surrounded by media. I started volunteering in community television at age 14. My radio career began in 1994 at Toronto’s 680News, where I earned a reputation as a clever and funny storyteller who used sound to evoke reactions. I became the afternoon drive news anchor at News95.7 in Halifax when it launched in 2005. I also served as a reporter and talk show host.

My wife’s health brought me back to Ontario in 2014, putting roots down in London, where I became program director at NewsTalk 1290 CJBK. That expanded into show hosting and more newscasts.

I left the broadcasting industry, for the most part, in 2019. I still do some news for two Rogers radio stations, but I focus my work on what you see here — preserving life stories for families who want to pass down their values to future generations. I’m part videographer, part technician, part historian, with some artistry across it all, I hope.

Those stories matter. Your story matters. I want to help you keep those memories alive for future generations. I’ve got the skills. You have the stories. Let’s make magic.