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Updated: Ontario Press Council rules Star, Globe Rob Ford stories ethical

The Ontario Press Council dismissed complaints about the Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail’s stories on the Fords, saying the papers reported in a fair and ethical manner. Meanhwile, Toronto councillor Doug…
The Guardian (PEI) gets new opinion and news editors

Wayne Thibodeau has been named the news editor of The Guardian. He replaces Bill McGuire, who was appointed opinion/editorial editor following Roseanne Macdonald’s retirement.
CBC ombudsman: The National’s At Issue panel is non-partisan

A complainant said The National’s political affairs panel, At Issue, lacked balance. He though that the panelists were supporters of the Liberal and Conservative parties and that there needed to be someone…
Raconte-moi une enquête

Dans le cadre des Rencontres de La Presse, cinq journalistes d’enquête du quotidien montréalais sont montés sur la scène de l’Astral pour parler de leur métier. Devant une salle bondée, ils ont…
Live blog: The changing relationship between journalism, brands and storytelling

With the power to publish now in the palms of million of hands, what does it mean for the relationship between journalists and the brands whose news they once had a near-monopoly…
CBC launches new local program in six largest markets

CBC is expanding its local coverage with new, one-hour programs in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Montreal and Ottawa.
Star public editor: Columnists free to express outrageous opinions

Why does the Toronto Star publish opinion columns that readers judge to be outrageous, offensive, inappropriate? Columnists express their own views, not the views of the Star, which are expressed on its editorial…
Globe public editor: Why John Greyson’s sexuality was relevant to Wente’s column

Once you raise the issue that many in the media haven’t mentioned John Greyson’s orientation for “fear it would go worse for him,” as Margaret Wente wrote), The Globe and Mail's public…
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador apologizes for controversial column on Innu

CBC Newfoundland and Labrador apologized for a column written by host John Furlong, which likened some Innu from the Natuashish community to zombies, calling them "expressionless, silent, brooding, uncommunicative." Denise Wilson, managing director of CBC Newfoundland…
Live blog: Tom Rosenstiel on the future of news

Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, will give a talk at Carleton University titled: "So you want to know the future of news? Ask the Audience." Rosenstiel is co-author…

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