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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Should the Globe fix or ban online comments?

Sylvia Stead argues to keep them but adds: I would advocate tighter rules for certain topics. By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail As a rule, journalists love feedback –…
“Toward 2020” makes the case for better journalism education

The crux of book is that journalism education, as it currently stands, is broken.
Journalism Jobs: August 3

Here’s our regular listing of Canadian journalism job opportunities.
Memo: Torstar updates conflict of interest provisions in Code of Business Conduct

New paragraph states employees are in conflict of interests if the the employee is engaged in a close personal relationship with an employee who reports directly or indirectly to them, unless approval…
Welcome to Canada: Abdirahman Abdi & the selective silence of Canadian leadership

By Jared A. Walker Just a few moments ago I watched the Mothers of the Movement give a keynote address at the Democratic National Convention. To say they were compelling would be a gross understatement. These…
Canadian media outlets really love reporting on Pokemon Go

By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Since Canadian smartphone users have been able to get their hands on it, there has been an insatiable appetite for Pokemon Go, an augmented reality game that…
Six months on the Chronicle Herald picket line

This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Mary Ellen MacIntyre There is no music in snow-laden boots stomping on the tiled floors at picket headquarters. Out on the line, winter…
Memo: Duncan Hood appointed editor of Report on Business Magazine and director of features for ROB

The following memo was sent to The Globe and Mail staff on July 28, 2016, from Derek DeCloet, executive editor of The Globe and Mail and editor of Report on Business, and David Walmsley,…
Reporters need to dig deeper into crime maps to tell the whole story

New research finds that crime maps released by Canadian police forces only paints a partial picture of what is happening.
CWA Canada adopts Canada’s first guidelines on media internships

By Errol Salamon, Work and Labour Editor CWA Canada’s National Representative Council unanimously adopted Canada’s first guidelines on educational media internships at the union’s annual meeting in Calgary from April 29-30 to…

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