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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.
Globe public editor: Keeping up with the Trudeaus – names and titles

Spelling issues aside, readers question creeping Americanisms in Globe copy about the Liberal Party Leader.
Globe public editor: A mountain of election coverage that covered all the bases

The 78 days of electioneering spanned three long weekends, and generated a veritable mountain of coverage.
The high price of secrecy

The B.C. government’s continued efforts to prevent the public from seeing its paperwork is costing millions of dollars each year.
Reporters need to become scientifically literate

With Dr. Google only a click away, it’s easy to get up to speed on science—but reporters must use caution when reporting on science.