CBC Ombudsman: A boycott is a boycott—The Greens and BDS
The complainant thought it was wrong to refer to the result of the BDS resolution passed at the Green Party Convention as “supporting a movement boycotting Israel.”
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: At The Globe, Dr. doesn’t just mean medical doctors
The Globe style guide has clear rules for honorifics, but errors are sometimes repeated and compounded.
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News media’s rush to be first can have real consequences
Is that what led to the decision to publish a problematic article citing a so-called ‘study’ of Canadian mosques and Islamic schools that was first presented to readers without any reality checks?
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Behind the scenes of an historic photo
This is the first time so many black women working in media have come together in the same space for one photo.
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CBC Ombudsman: News, defined and refined
The complainant asked a very good question: What’s appropriate for a newscast?
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When News Organizations Say “No Comment”
While comments have become an all-too frequent swamp of racism, misogyny and general weirdness, dispensing with them may not be in the best interests of news organizations.
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CBC Ombudsman: Commentary in News
The complainant thought an interview segment with a CBC reporter was “pseudo-commentary” passing as news.
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Toronto Star Public Editor: Star apologizes to Toronto-area mosque for publishing wrong and misleading photo
The Baitul Islam mosque has no connection whatsoever to a questionable study linking Canadian mosques to extremism.
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CBC Ombudsman: Balance and Opinion – Finding the sweet spot
The complainant considered the an article about a twitter attack on the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign photo opinion and questioned the value and purpose of the story.
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Local journalism needs a boost
You can find a flood of information online at any given moment about crime, but if you want to find out about a stabbing in a parking lot in your neighbourhood, you are going to have to turn to local news media.