LIVE BLOG: Catherine Porter on ethics and feature writing
The Toronto Star reporter and columnist will speak about her experiences reporting in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake.
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From private government email accounts to document destruction
A national roundup of the top FOI news this week.
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Memo: Greg Boyd takes on digital editor role at Globe and Mail ahead of new tablet edition
“For the Globe, the spring launch of a new tablet edition represents much more than a new platform for our journalism.”
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Around the world weekly: March 2 to March 6
Duncan Spence brings you a wrap up of Canadian international coverage for the week of March 2nd, 2015
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CBC ombudsman: Heat over the hottest year
CBC Ombudsman Esther Enkin discusses climate change reporting and why what reputable agencies, such as NASA and NOAA, have to say is worth discussing.
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CBC Saskatchewan isn’t cancelling its internship program
Despite not taking students this term, the broadcaster’s Regina newsroom is not cancelling the program outright, says the bureau’s managing editor.
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Globe public editor: Why there is never an excuse for gender bias in media
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A “right to offend” should be balanced by a “duty to mend”
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attack, I and other journalists in Western democracies deplored the violence and defended freedom of expression against terrorism.
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The long goodbye to Canadian alt-weeklies
On Mar. 5 Calgary’s FFWD Weekly published its last issue, the latest in a string of alt-weekly closures since 2011. As some titles fold—and others move online—what does an urban landscape lose?
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5 things we learned at the #AskSnowden panel and Q&A
On Wednesday, March 4, former NSA contractor (and now internationally known whistleblower) Edward Snowden participated in a live Q&A hosted by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression at Ryerson University.