CBC ombudsman: Is it okay to feature family members in a story?
The complainant questioned the use of the husband of a reporter in a story about problems with the renewal of New Brunswick health care cards.
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How to make your journalism portfolio stand out
Editors and reporters weigh in on how journalism students can put together the best possible portfolio.
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CBC ombudsman: How do you judge balance and bias?
Journalists covering and writing about these events have an obligation to provide as much information and as many relevant perspectives as possible to help citizens come to their own conclusions about a complex and complicated long-running story.
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Globe public editor: Advice from a long-time writer of letters to the editor
For a full year, Esther Shannon tried a little experiment. She wrote a letter to the editor to The Globe and Mail six days a week for 12 months.
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Brunswick News ombudsman: Today’s world requires you to be a smart news consumer
There is, in fact, a very real appetite for negative content. Audiences read it, which is why there’s so much of it. But the exponential increase in the volume of content available to us, coupled with the hall-of-mirrors repetition of the worst sorts of news, requires us to be discerning news consumers.
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Star public editor: Time for national press accountability
Support for a national council to be launched in 2015 appears to be consolidating across Canada, writes Toronto Star public editor Kathy English.
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J-Source launches International Reporting Bureau
Students at Toronto’s Humber College will provide ongoing reporting on how Canadian news outlets cover the world, as well as regular travel advisories.
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Why we need to look more critically at Canadian coverage of international news
International Reporting Bureau Editor Carey French outlines the challenges facing Canadian media outlets as they struggle to cover international news against a backdrop of dwindling resources. –
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How media unions are making strides to improve working conditions
Catherine McKercher describes the value of collective power for today’s media workers.
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Jennifer Quinn named sports editor at Toronto Star
Quinn, who takes over from Jon Filson, will start her new role on Oct. 20. –