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Brunswick News ombudswoman: Community spurred series on intimate partner violence

Mike Landry’s just-completed series on intimate partner violence in New Brunswick has shone a bright light on one of this community’s poorly understood and costly secrets.
“We stand by the choice made by Sean Eckford”: CAJ

Canadian Association of Journalists sends letter to Vista Radio encouraging company to come up with a policy that encourages editorial independence.
Globe public editor: Readers question relevance of Trudeau nannies story

It’s the duty of all journalists to hold politicians to account for the things they say and do.
Toronto Star public editor: He digs for information in the public interest

Ottawa public interest researcher Ken Rubin will receive inaugural investigative award from Canadian Journalists for Free Expression.
Globe public editor: A ‘mastermind’ can be a criminal or a terrorist, too

By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail What’s in a word? More than it may seem. Journalists are constantly reminded that their audience cares greatly about how stories are told. For…
Toronto Star public editor: Talking terror: What’s in a name?

Why is the media inconsistent in naming the terror group that attacked Paris?
Globe public editor: The Globe’s baby boomer series sparks intergenerational debate

Some readers were offended with the front page of Saturday’s Globe and Mail, but their children saw it in a different perspective
Toronto Star public editor: Can serious journalism survive?

Veteran journalist John Stackhouse explores the future of serious journalism in a new book that documents the digital disruption of Canadian media in recent decades.
The first temptation of Trudeau

Will the new PM resist the urge to cultivate secrecy?
Toronto Star public editor: Crossword lovers cross with Star

Puzzle mess-ups matter to passionate puzzle people as much as the most egregious journalistic errors.