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A complainant thought CBC News Thunder Bay was irresponsible in its coverage of community reaction to a controversial Ontario election newspaper ad placed by a local Libertarian Party candidate. He also questioned…

As newsrooms and their budgets shrivel and spin brigades multiply, the role journalists play in democracy has never been more important. It’s time reporters quit copping out, hiding behind faux cynicism and…

Even when ad libbing, one should choose words carefully, writes CBC ombudsman Esther Enkin. 

Want to get hired as a journalist? Follow columnist Joe Banks’s three steps and he guarantees you a full-time job. 

Industry veteran and long-time journalism professor Joe Banks has launched a new column on the journalism industry and education called Media Musings.

Globe and Mail readers are a smart bunch. They are well-educated, well-read and they spot errors that others don’t.

If there is controversy, then it is a valid journalistic pursuit and in the public interest to explore ideas about it, writes Esther Enkin. 

Credibility studies tell us readers hate unnamed sources. So why does the Star ever use confidential sources?

You have to strike a balance between adequate information and perspectives to provide well-rounded coverage against the complainant’s desire to have very detailed accounts, and often a partisan spin, on quite narrowly…

An article about the Houston-area shooting that left two adults and four children dead this week prompted a reader to wonder why the story drew a distinction between biological and adopted children.