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Toronto Star public editor: publishing and ‘unpublishing’ in the digital age

Should the Star take down readers’ letters to the editor published on its website?
Brunswick News ombudswoman: Readers react with plenty of pet peeves of their own

My column last month on some of my journalistic pet peeves prompted a number of readers to share their own.
CBC Ombudsman: Journalistic Judgment: Reporting on RCMP concern about rifles converted to automatic weapons

The complainant, Rida Mirza, challenged the conclusion of an RCMP lab study that there is an increased risk from rifles converted to automatic fire.
Globe and Mail public editor: Vulgar? Inoffensive? It depends on how some words are used

Adding a little colour and flair to stories may come at the expense of offending readers.
Death of a newspaper by a thousand cuts

Two weeks ago staff at the Northern Journal were served notice the print edition could no longer be sustained.
Dear Media Entrepreneurs: It’s time to look north

Why the implosion of “big media” in Canada may be the opportunity we’ve all been waiting for
Toronto Star public editor: ‘Spotlight’ illuminates journalism’s purpose

Spotlight, nominated for six Academy Awards, reaffirms faith in journalism in a time of declining public trust.
The CBC still “Lives Here”

Canada Lives Here is a passionate and detailed defence of CBC’s radio and television service.
The Uber-ization of Journalism

Media managers are wondering what went wrong. If the solutions are hard to discern, they have only to look at the technology they so eagerly embrace.
Globe Public Editor: A parliamentary committee to save the news? Good luck with that

By Sylvia Stead, for the Globe and Mail This week in Ottawa, Parliament’s Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage began to study how Canadians “are informed about local and regional experiences” by…