Year / 2016
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CBC Ombudsman: The Role of Religion
By Esther Enkin for the CBC In a story about conflict at a Montreal community college, the complainant, David Murrell, noted that another media outlet identified the religion of one of the…
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CBC Ombudsman: Using hyperlinks: Journalists beware, it may be online convention but it can be seen as endorsement
By Esther Enkin for the CBC The complainant, Mark Wright, thought CBC in New Brunswick was providing free advertising to one of its regular columnists. The author of World of Work broadcast…
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Toronto Star public editor: Is court-ordered secrecy futile in the digital age?
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star Reporting on the tabloid tizzy over a British court order blocking British media from publishing details of a celebrity sex scandal has embroiled the Toronto…
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Toronto Star public editor: Does survival of investigative journalism depend on collaboration over competition?
By Kathy English for the Toronto Star (ICIJ) came calling for Canadian journalists who could put collaboration above competition to investigate a gigantic global data leak, it is not surprising they reached…
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![Metro Toronto laid off about a quarter of their newsroom in March. Photo illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do.]()
Seven of Metro Toronto’s unionized editorial staff were laid off in March
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Metro Toronto’s newsroom is now a little smaller. Layoffs of seven unionized editorial staff members were announced on Mar. 8, Bob Hepburn, the director of community relations…
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Memo: Steve Ladurantaye joining CBC as Managing Editor of Digital News
The following memo was sent to CBC staff on Apr. 15. 2016, from Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor-in-Chief, CBC News and Centres We are pleased to announce that Steve Ladurantaye will join the…
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New BuzzFeed News app brings Canadian news to readers
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor BuzzFeed Canada news can now come directly to you, on your smartphone. With the launch of the BuzzFeed News app on Mar. 30, readers can customize their…
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I Want to Be Part of the Conversation
FRIENDS of Canadian Broadcasting announced The Dalton Camp Award in 2002 to honour the memory of the late Dalton Camp, a distinguished commentator on Canadian public affairs. The Dalton Camp Award goes…
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![Three of the newspapers Black Press has closed: The Nainamo Daily News, The Alberni Valley Times and the Campbell River Courier-Islander. Image by J-Source.]()
Why does Black Press buy and then close small BC papers?
This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Megan Devlin Eric Plummer, editor of the Alberni Valley Times, remembers the day last September when two representatives from Black Press told…
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![After receiving a voicemail criticizing her appearance, Teresa Wright, the chief political reporter for Charlottetown newspaper The Guardian, wrote a Facebook post in response, garnering support from all corners. Photo courtesy Michael Conor McCarthy.]()
The Guardian’s Teresa Wright responds to fans and foes of her red lipstick
By Michael Conor McCarthy When Teresa Wright, chief political reporter for Charlottetown’s newspaper The Guardian, covered the news on March 31 that a clinic for women’s reproductive health would be constructed on…
