Globe public editor: Why The Globe has to be shown the errors of its way
The volume of copy published is rising but the number of mistakes is actually down.
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Toronto Star public editor: A mistake that travelled around the world and back again
Refugees to Canada do not get more government funds than do our senior citizens. That is an urban myth that originated with a mistake in a 2004 Toronto Star letter to the editor – and repeated in a recent reader letter.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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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.
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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 example, there was a flurry on social media after intelligence officials referred to Abdelhamid Abaaoud as the “mastermind” of the Paris attacks. People…
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Toronto Star public editor: Talking terror: What’s in a name?
Why is the media inconsistent in naming the terror group that attacked Paris?
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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
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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.