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CAJ ethics committee report: How close is too close?

How close is too close?” is a timeless and somewhat insidious question for journalists, and the answers are as inevitably murky as are human relationships themselves. Related posts: Carol Off’s new book raises questions about the reporter-source relationship What journalists get wrong when telling stories about trans and genderqueer people Challenging our conventions around naming mass…

How close is too close?” is a timeless and somewhat insidious question for journalists, and the answers are as inevitably murky as are human relationships themselves.

Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.