Category / Ethics
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By the Stylebook: Gay grammar and describing same-sex marriages
As AP confirms use of “husband” and “wife” for same-sex married couples, Katie Toth reports on the big shifts in LGBT language Canadian Press has made over the years.
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RECAP: CJF J-Talk and the J-Source Newsperson of the Year winner announcement
Join us Thursday at 6:30 p.m. EST for the CJF J-Talk on Twitter, journalism and getting it right in a fast-paced news world with Andy Carvin, Mathew Ingram, Esther Enkin. Stick around…
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Chronicle Herald restaurant reviewer request raises controversy
Journalism controversies rarely involve a newspaper restaurant reviewer. But then not many restaurant reviewers call up restaurants and request $200.
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Toronto school board director Chris Spence admits to plagiarism in a Toronto Star op-ed
Toronto Distrcit School Board director Chris Spence has admitted to having plagiarized parts of his Jan. 5 Toronto Star op-ed on sports in schools.
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The emotional commitment to objective journalism
Impartiality and objectivity as bloodless norms is an absurd caricature, argues Stephen J.A. Ward in the latest issue of Media magazine, with an intro from editor David McKie
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The intersection of politics, local news and the idea of journalists acting as citizens: Jill Winzoski’s firing
The story of Jill Winzoski’s firing is a she-said, they-won’t-say kind of story. So where does the blame lie? Alexandra Posadzki gets the former Selkirk Record reporter’s side of the story and…
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Winnipeg media, an Ikea party and the issue of freebies: CBC
CBC reports that members of the Winnipeg media attended an exclusive party hosted by Ikea Monday evening at which they were offered free booze, Ikea products and discounts for the newly-opened retail store.
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J-Source’s Q&A with Carol Wainio
Carol Wainio is a Canadian visual artist and adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. She has also been writing about the media and Canadian columnists for years on her blog, Media Culpa.…
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The Globe and Mail disciplines columnist Margaret Wente, makes changes to senior management structure
The Globe and Mail editor-in-chief John Stackhouse responded to allegations that high-profile columnist Margaret Wente had made major journalistic errors on Monday evening, writing in a memo to staff that Wente's 2009 column that gained…
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Globe and Mail public editor responds to questions of Wente plagiarism
The Globe and Mail’s public editor Sylvia Stead has responded to questions of plagiarism by Margaret Wente that were raised after a Media Culpa blog post detailing instances where the high-profile columnist supposedly failed to properly…