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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…
Star public editor: Catherine Porter, Ezra Levant and journalism standards

What happened at the climate change protest point to a journalistic failure regarding accuracy and fairness.
“The Canadian broadcasting system is an act of political will.”

C.D. Howe Institute panel debates the future of public broadcasting.
How to recognize where print still rules

If Canada is truly a country of communities, making journalism sustainable in one community is unlikely to keep it so in another.
The agony and ecstasy of cycling in Richard Poplak’s “The Pain Principle”

This 2013 Walrus feature is not only a meditation on cycling, but also a snapshot of a cyclist’s life on the brink of breakthrough—just before a doping scandal.
Vivian Smith’s “Outsiders Still” a hard look at Canadian newspapers’ gender problem

Women, Smith writes, are still outsiders in the newspaper business, loving their jobs even as they think about moving on.
Canadians care about healthcare, so why don’t we see more health policy news coverage?

The stories that help us understand what influences public policy and the factors that determine our health status are left largely untold.