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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 other family members. She also said some reports had errors and her messages were ignored. CBC News staff in Edmonton acted appropriately in…

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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 and gobsmacking as a Best Picture envelope mix-up? Oh, the drama! The backstory! The days of follow-up pieces! But the morning after, I…

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    “Representation is important but representing is hard”

    H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.

  • Despite newsroom layoffs, great photojournalism can still be seen. Here’s why. Photo courtesy of Patrick Fulgencio.

    Down, but not out of the picture

    Patrick FulgenicoPatrick Fulgencio is a journalism student at the University of King’s College, and the photo editor of the Dalhousie Gazette. Despite the discouraging statistics in the article above, he intends to pursue a career in photojournalism after graduation. Some of his work can be found on Instagram: @patrickfulgencio

  • 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 when Rob Ford was mayor of Toronto, says the Toronto Star’s Washington correspondent Daniel Dale. Just as many Trump supporters dismiss stories about the…

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    The right to remain silent?

    Julianne Steeves

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    After the local newspaper closes shop

    Nancy Payne

  • Mark Latham has pioneered a voter-funded media project at UBC since 2007. Screenshot by J-Source.

    Why one economist believes letting people vote to fund media could save it

    Mitchell Thompson

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    Journalism Jobs: February 22

    [View the story “Journalism Jobs: February 22” on Storify] H.G. WatsonH.G. Watson was J-Source’s managing editor from 2015 to 2018. She is a journalist based in Toronto. You can learn more about her at hgwatson.com.

  • 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

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