CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin points out that to provide dubious scientific information as a balance to satisfy people who reject the judgment of most scientific organizations and credible client scientists was false equivalence
Access-to-information requests in Canada have increased 391 per cent since 1997—but the media’s share of those requests has remained relatively the same.
CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin agrees that the use of the word diatribe in a recent story was wrong, but believes disciplining those who were responsible goes too far.
The term ‘non-white’ is offensive and should not be used in the Toronto Star but what is an acceptable alternative?
The Globe and Mail published an impossible crossword Saturday morning. Public editor Sylvia Stead responds.
As B.C. reporters ignore an FOI reform bill, a small Ontario cottage town is making its government emails public.
The Globe public editor answers a common and important question: Why does the media keep publishing the names of killers and terrorists looking for fame?
A reflection on the difficulties of journalism startups, from Sun News Network to OpenFile and others.
Mohawk writer Dan David weaves personal, political and spiritual history in this 10,000-word piece that reconstructs the context and events of the 1990 Oka Crisis.
CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin responds to a complaint that a reference to terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo was unnecessary in a story about neighbourhood access to a private school playground.