The perils and paradoxes of FOI in Canada
Investigative researcher and citizen’s advocate Ken Rubin on 32 years of navigating the hurdles of Canada’s FOI system.
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Globe public editor: When a critic is accused of having an agenda
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What we’ve since learned in the Larry’s Gulch investigation
Murray Guy, former assistant managing editor of the Times & Transcript, appears on the Larry’s Gulch guest lists at least three times between 2008 and 2014.
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“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore”
So, you’re angry about the sad state of affairs when it comes to Canadian government PR. Now what?
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Wendy Dennis documents the anguish of a seven-year divorce
This 1996 Toronto Life feature ignored journalistic convention. Dennis is not only in the middle of the story, she has a considerable stake in the outcome.
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An open letter to government communications professionals
I am working on a story about how public relations is helping to kill Canada’s democracy.
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When the yelling stopped: The strange life and shabby death of Sun TV
Sun TV was really only ever about one thing: gaming the system.
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Globe public editor: It’s not a poll; it’s just reader feedback
[[{“fid”:”3129″,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fields”:{“format”:”media_original”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:””},”type”:”media”,”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“style”:”height: 258px; width: 180px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-media-original”}}]]By Sylvia Stead, public editor for the Globe and Mail I’ve had a few complaints about a recent survey of Globe and Mail readers’ views on federal politics asking if they believed Stephen Harper’s Canada is better, worse or unchanged. So what’s good and what’s bad about…
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Globe public editor: If The Globe was perfect, we’d never beg the question
[[{“fid”:”3129″,”view_mode”:”media_original”,”fields”:{“format”:”media_original”,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:””,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:””},”type”:”media”,”attributes”:{“style”:”height: 258px; width: 180px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; float: left;”,”class”:”media-element file-media-original”},”link_text”:null}]]By Sylvia Stead, public editor for the Globe and Mail The headline above was on my column on grammatical mistakes that appeared in Saturday’s Focus section. It was penned by a very clever editor, Victor Dwyer: a wordsmith, writer and, if I may say, grammar nerd with…
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Book Review: CHEK Republic recounts how an ailing TV station saved itself
Diane Dakers’ book outlines how the Victoria operation became the only employee-owned TV station in North America.