• The Journal de Montreal building. Photo courtesy Shaun Michaud.

    Seizure of Journal de Montreal reporter’s computer shows need for shield laws

    By Thomas Rose, Law Editor A journalist in Montreal is anxiously awaiting a decision by a Quebec judge as to whether police will be allowed to rummage through his computer, which was seized earlier this month. Michael Nguyen is a justice reporter at the Journal de Montreal.  Last June he broke a story alleging provincial…
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    CBC Ombudsman: Quoting in Context – Editing interviews accurately

    By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Frank Ramagnano, President of the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association, said he was unfairly quoted in a story about a female firefighter’s harassment and search for redress. He and other firefighters who wrote thought the story was unfair and condemned the whole fire service. There was no violation…
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    Globe and Mail Public Editor: The call for more Paralympic coverage

    By Sylvia Stead for The Globe and Mail Sports readers always have strong opinions about the most important story, what demands coverage and how prominent it should be. Football across the country, hockey of course, baseball across North America, U.K. cricket, women’s golf, especially Brooke Henderson: The list goes on. This week the call is…

  • The Lloydminster Record, an “online news source” created by the City of Lloydminster. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Emails reveal City of Lloydminster staff pushed Record launch in advance of possible local media closures

    By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor City of Lloydminster staff pushed ahead the launch of a city-run “online news source” to September 2016 to start building “credibility” should the city’s Postmedia-owned newspaper, the Lloydminster Meridian Booster, close. Emails obtained through an access to information request by J-Source shed light on the creation of the controversial Lloydminster Record,…

  • The new logo for The Deep, a platform that will highlight longform journalism from across Atlantic Canada. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Halifax’s The Coast is going Deep

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Alexander Quon There will soon be a new home for Canadian longform journalism—but Maritimers will notice a familiar name attached to it. Conceived by veteran journalists Matthew Halliday and Chelsea Murray, The Deep will be a joint venture between the pair and Halifax’s alternative weekly, The…
  • Farzam Dadashzadeh, an Iranian refugee now living in Vancouver, says he was outed in a 2007 CBC documentary called Out in Iran: Inside Iran’s Secret Gay World. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Newsrooms need to talk about informed consent when reporting on LGBTQ+ communities

    This story was funded by the J-Source Patreon campaign. By Steph Wechsler In August, the CBC was named as a defendant in a lawsuit claiming that Farzam Dadashzadeh, an Iranian refugee now living in Vancouver, was outed in a 2007 documentary called Out in Iran: Inside Iran’s Secret Gay World. The film includes hidden camera footage…
  • The Guardian’s Corrections and Clarifications section is an example of how a news organization can humanize the newsroom. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Owning up to mistakes is a way to build trust with readers

    By Kirk LaPointe If the academic literature suggests one-half of all stories contain a factual error, then it is clear that corrections should be in routine order. But when and how to do so is a debate within journalism, particularly in this iterative age of digital reporting when our craft updates and doesn’t always acknowledge…