A complainant accused CBC of siding with the supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi in its coverage of demonstrations in Toronto. During the height of the unrest in Egypt, she thought only a pro-Morsi rally had been covered in Toronto when a group of Coptic Christians held a rally the same week end. In…
The complainant, Jon Melanson, thought the wording of a headline indicated CBC was taking the side of the Liberal party. CBC's ombudsman Esther Enkin responds that while it may have not been the most elegant headline ever written, it was not inaccurate and the story was balanced.
In this open letter to J-Source readers, Christopher Waddell, the director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and a J-Source Transition Team member, explains the site's new business plan and how you can support the project.
J-Source live blogged the Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk with John Cook, editor-in-chief of Gawker, in conversation with Jeffrey Dvorkin, program director of the journalism program at the University of Toronto Scarborough and media ethics commentator.
La campagne pour les élections municipales démarre officiellement aujourd’hui, mais dans les rédactions, on s’y prépare depuis plusieurs semaines. Si pour certains journalistes, spécialistes de la scène municipale, il s’agit simplement de se rancarder sur les principaux candidats, d’autres, à qui l’on attribue pour la première fois une circonscription, doivent se familiariser avec des règles…
J-Source is live blogging the Canadian Journalism Foundation J-Talk with John Cook, editor-in-chief of Gawker, in conversation with Jeffrey Dvorkin, program director of the journalism program at the University of Toronto Scarborough and media ethics commentator.
If done well, a photo caption can elevate the story, writes the Globe and Mail's public editor Sylvia Stead. A bad cutline, by contrast, will tell the reader something that they can figure out on their own.
The Vancouver Sun is looking for a provincial affairs reporter after Jonathan Fowlie left the post he held for eight years.
The Globe and Mail will occupy the top five floors of a 17-storey building at 351 King Street East in downtown Toronto. Employees will start moving at the end of fall 2016.
During all the live coverage of the OC Transpo/VIA rail crash on the air and on twitter this morning, reporters and announcers shared the news that another victim had died bringing the death toll to 7. Less than half an hour later that was denied. Here's how it played out on Twitter.