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.
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The first temptation of Trudeau
Will the new PM resist the urge to cultivate secrecy?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.