Category / Commentary / Ethics
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CBC Ombudsman: Privacy vs. The Public Good – Covering Personal Tragedy
By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman The complainant, Paula Vallee, had a relative die in a car crash. While she herself was not contacted, she alleged the reporter was insensitive and insistent with…
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What reporters can learn from the Oscars mix-up
By Jennifer Ditchburn If you are, or ever have been, a journalist, you probably found the Academy Awards night fiasco absolutely thrilling. What reporter wouldn’t be delighted with something so utterly unpredictable…
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“Representation is important but representing is hard”
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor [<a href="//storify.com/jsource/representation-is-important-but-representing-is-ha" target="_blank">View the story ""Representation is important but representing is hard"" on Storify</a>] -
![Despite newsroom layoffs, great photojournalism can still be seen. Here’s why. Photo courtesy of Patrick Fulgencio.]()
Down, but not out of the picture
By Patrick Fulgencio for The Signal When Canon Inc. announced one of its higher-end cameras in 2013, the advertising campaign sought to catch the attention of amateur photographers. Nearly every advertisement and… -
![Daniel Dale, Washington Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star, discusses verification and trust in the media at the George Vari Engineering and Computing Building’s Sears Atrium at Ryerson University, February 15th, 2017. Photo courtesy of Micheal Ott.]()
Canadian journalists can learn a lot from the US media’s Trump coverage, says Toronto Star’s Washington correspondent
By Michael Ott for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre The loss of trust between the media and audiences that has characterised the Donald Trump era in the United States also played out…
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The right to remain silent?
By Julianne Steeves for The Signal Early to rise, hard labour and frequent beatings – that was an inmate’s life at the Kingston Penitentiary during the 1840s. Prisoners – men, women and… -
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After the local newspaper closes shop
By Nancy Payne for Policy Options Wally Nugent and Brenda Stonehouse were reviewing the ad they planned to run in the Lindsay Post for Canada Day. They were key organizers of the… -
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Why one economist believes letting people vote to fund media could save it
By Mitchell Thompson Mark Latham says the cure for local media’s ills is voter-funded media—where voters decide which media outlets receive grants. The economist and Votermedia.org founder says the University of British… -
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Journalism Jobs: February 22
[View the story “Journalism Jobs: February 22” on Storify]
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![Craig Silverman, media editor for BuzzFeed News, delivers this year’s Atkinson lecture on fake news at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Photo courtesy of Jasmine Bala.]()
BuzzFeed media editor: Most fake news creators are financially driven
By Jasmine Bala for the Ryerson Journalism Research Centre Most fake news creators are doing it for the money rather than for ideological reasons, a leading authority on fake news and verification…
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