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CBC matters most in the small places, the ones many Canadians will never visit. It is a window on the outside world for those who live there. And a way of drawing…

Henry Blodget recently wrote that journalism has entered a golden age. Paul Benedetti and James R. Compton argue against the notion, calling it a baseless and insidious idea that masks the colonization…

The documentary, Silence of the Labs, provided many relevant facts and presented alternative perspectives about an important public policy issue so that Canadians could draw their own conclusions, writes CBC ombudsman Esther…

Photos do tell the truth, but not always the entire truth or the circumstances leading up to that photographed moment. That’s why photojournalists and editors have an obligation to contextualize photos better,…

A tweet was sent out from The Globe and Mail’s account promoting an excellent and original on a scenario for what might have happened to the missing Malaysian plane. The tweet attracted criticism from some who…

When the Toronto Star printed the Ontario Press Council decision against the newspaper, we messed up by not indicating the report was written by the press council, writes public editor Kathy English. 

Getting a job has always required hustle, grit and persistence. Guarantees? Are you kidding me? There are none. But in the last two decades, more businesses have been turning up the dial…

When Kamloops Daily News shut down in January, there was the usual shock and disappointment in the B.C. city where it published. And yet, the failing of one community newspaper meant that…

Journalists today are also marketers and event managers. The marketing—making posters, creating hashtags, publishing social media posts promoting the events, writing press releases, cold-calling potential panel members—involves techniques journalists wouldn’t have thought…