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Toronto Star Public Editor: Smart readers ask good questions about the how and why of journalism

It is time we did more to close the media credibility gap.
CBC Ombudsman: What to call Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Using “dictator” is not bias

The complainant objected to one reference to Bashar al-Assad as “dictator” in a panel discussion on The National.
‘Nationalize’ Postmedia? That’s just the first step

By Crawford Kilian, for The Tyee Canadian newspapers have gone through convulsive changes since the 1990s, largely thanks to the Internet. Their corporate owners appear to have shifted business plans. First they…
Peter Mansbridge: Debating his legacy

By Charmaine Millaire for The Signal On the crisp winter morning of February 17, 2009, Peter Mansbridge walked off the elevator towards the main doors of the Willard Hotel in Washington, D.C.…
Globe and Mail Public Editor: Public Editor: With headlines, the details matter

By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail In these times of political spin, contradictions, obfuscation and, at times, outright lies, readers expect to see not only the articles, but also the…
CBC Ombudsman: As always, context is queen

By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, William Heavenor, was concerned about the qualifying phrase “even so” in a paragraph about the makeup of the federal firearms advisory committee. Its placement made…
Globe and Mail Public Editor: Journalism needs to focus on accuracy, fairness and independence

By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail Words matter, accuracy matters, fairness matters, independence matters. With journalism under attack these days south of the border, journalists need to focus on the…
News for all

By Megan Fraser for The Signal In the last three years, administrative clerk Jennifer Gibson has answered more than 5,000 phone calls. She sits in a cubicle on the sixth floor of…
A manifesto for the newspaper revival

By Pat Reddick for Media Are Plural Enter panic mode, it’s time to seriously worry about things. Or, better yet, get your thinking cap on and come up with some ideas for…
Toronto Star Public Editor: We need to stand together to fight ugly online abuse

By Kathy English for the Toronto Star What if all the women who have faced bullying and harassment in online spaces stood together and decided we will not take it any more?…