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Toronto Star public editor: Reporting in the Facebook era

Does sending a Facebook message go far enough in trying to reach the subjects of news reports?
Questions remain about NDP’s FOI platform

It’s not clear if an NDP government would implement all of the information commissioner’s recommendations.
This week in FOI news: FOI by the numbers and party platforms

How does the Liberal FOI platform stack up? And how many FOI requests are made province by province?
Election coverage of Islamophobia left wanting

A newsroom lacking in diversity fails to deliver the whole story, while empathy drawn from experience can produce better reporting.
Alberta’s journalists have to advocate for improved freedom of information laws

Alberta, along with New Brunswick and the federal government, has been ranked as having the worst freedom of information law in the country.
Star public editor: the shades of grey of journalism ethics

The ‘Build Your Own’ ethics project is an important new initiative of the Online News Association.
Globe public editor: New press council gives media accountability a boost

The creation of the National Newsmedia Council gives the public another option to have complaints redressed.
Considering the prison problem in Marian Botsford Fraser’s “Life on the Instalment Plan”

This 2010 Walrus feature uses limited sources to tell a story that’s deeply personal and a microcosm of the larger issues besetting Correctional Services Canada.
Some advice for parents of a j-school student

There’s a question we hear from parents and their teens considering enrolling in our program that reflects a broader perception in society: “Isn’t journalism dying?”
Globe Public Editor: Meet a tireless reader who keeps The Globe on its toes

I hear from my share (okay, maybe more than my share) of critical readers, but I also have the distinct pleasure of hearing from some very smart Canadians who love good journalism…