Category / Ethics
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Case Studies Collection: reporting on police suicide
When a cop shot himself in a local cemetery, the Hamilton Spectator had to decide what the public should know.
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The press junket, the pit bull and the shifting nature of perfection
Kelly Toughill explores the ethics and editorial impact of writing about destinations that host travel writers for free.
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News, lies and videotape: The legitimation crisis in journalism
Recent Canadian journalism scandals aren’t coincidental; they’re the logical outcome of dramatic changes in journalism that have propelled it into a legitimation crisis as it struggles to survive.
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Journalists: never befriend a source
Sports columnist’s athlete admission shows favourable coverage—not good reporting.
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Canadaland’s errors mean it deserves scrutiny, too
There have been further developments in the Larry’s Gulch matter that I am sharing with the readers of this newspaper.
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Two Brunswick News careers at an end after ethics probe
After investigation findings, Times & Transcript assistant managing editor has resigned and managing editor is no longer employed by Brunswick News.
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Journalists shocked as Leslie Roberts suspended for conflict of interest
The Toronto Star reveals that Global anchor co-owns PR firm whose clients appeared on his shows.
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The changing norms on reporting suicide in Canada
There are two common misconceptions: journalists only talk about suicide in an over-the-top, sensational manner, and this spotlight on high-profile celebrity suicides is in contrast to a long-standing taboo of reporting on…
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Ward’s Words: Why new journalism ethics have to be public, not personal
By Stephen J.A. Ward How should we reconstruct journalism ethics now that a media revolution has left a pre-digital, professional consensus in fragments? That appears to be the question for ethicists and…
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Ward’s Words: Is talk of a Canadian press council outdated?
It is easy to dismiss the proposal for a national press council as “out-dated.” Even the world “press” conjures up images of reporters from the previous century wearing a sign in their…