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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…
Toronto Star public editor: Cartoonists and the freedom to offend

By Kathy English, for the Toronto Star Just as opinion columnists have wide latitude to express views that some readers may find offensive, so too do editorial cartoonists have considerable freedom to…
CBC Ombudsman: The wrong place at the wrong time: Reporting on crime

By Esther Enkin, for the CBC The complainant, Suzanne Maloney, thought this was an inappropriate turn of phrase to use when referring to the stabbing of a woman on the streets of…
Globe public editor: Ghomeshi coverage was warranted, necessary

By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail The Jian Ghomeshi trial on charges of sexual assault and choking has concluded and we won’t know the verdict until March 24 when Justice…
Toronto Star public editor: When it’s more than a ‘typo’

By Kathy English for the Toronto Star Sometimes a typo published in the Star is just that, a regrettable slip of the finger that makes little difference to readers’ understanding of the…
Journalists should not be neutral, says Centre for Free Expression director

By Robert Liwanag Neutrality in journalism limits the civil liberties of reporters and should be abandoned, said the director of Ryerson University’s Centre for Free Expression during a recent panel discussion. Citing…
Brunswick News ombudswoman: Permit me to parade my pet peeves

By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman Now that the new year is well underway, I’ll share with you some of my personal journalistic vexations—things I hope not to see, or to see…