Category / Ethics
-
![Editors at the Hamilton Spectator chose not to post a video shown to jurors at the trial of two men accused of killing Tim Bosma. Photo illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do.]()
Why the Hamilton Spectator is not posting a video shown to jurors at the Bosma trial
CBC, CTV and the National Post posted a controversial video from the Bosma trial. The Hamilton Spectator did not. Here’s why.
-
![screen_shot_2016-03-03_at_12.59.03_pm.png]()
Canadian journalism fellowships
This is a list of fellowships available for Canadian journalists and journalism students.
-
![for_jsource_dsc_1014.jpg]()
Canadian journalism awards
This is a list of awards available for Canadian journalists and journalism students.
-
![unnamed.jpg]()
How Lisa Gregoire created “Breathing Holes”
By Ilana Reimer Lisa Gregoire has read a lot of court dockets. As the managing editor at Nunatsiaq News, she gets them emailed to her each week so she knows which cases…
-
![dsc03399.jpg]()
Covering aboriginal issues: Tips from TRC commissioner Marie Wilson
TRC commissioner and former journalist Marie Wilson delivers this year’s 2016 Atkinson lecture on covering aboriginal issues at the Ryerson School of Journalism. Photo courtesy Ilina Ghosh. By Ilina Ghosh for the…
-
![screen_shot_2016-02-17_at_2.42.27_pm.png]()
While workers strike, Chronicle Herald starts hiring
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor The Chronicle Herald is hiring while its newsroom staff pickets outside. A job ad for multiple team editors and a content writer based in Sydney, N.S., was…
-
![screen_shot_2016-02-16_at_3.42.22_pm.png]()
As BC vows real estate investigation, the story behind the exposé
By David P. Ball for the Tyee The scandal rattling B.C.’s real estate sector this week started with a single word: “Realtors.” While researching Vancouver home demolitions last year, a builder told…
-
![caj_8.jpg]()
CAJ Ethics committee: Guidelines for naming sexual assault complainants
By Lisa Taylor To say the Ghomeshi trial incited a conversation about sexual assault complainants’ treatment in the media would be an understatement. The case has ignited debate about the trial process,…
-
![screen_shot_2016-02-13_at_10.41.11_am.png]()
Freelancers’ Dues: Getting paid in the digital age
By Nicole Cohen, Work and Labour Editor Back in October, freelance journalist Scott Carney launched Word Rates, a website for freelance journalists to pool information about publications’ pay rates, editors, and contracts (the…
-
![screen_shot_2016-02-11_at_5.45.17_pm.png]()
Live-tweeting the Ghomeshi trial demystifies court process
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Many people don’t understand what it’s like for sexual violence survivors to go through the criminal justice system. “Often times, we think that it’s cut and dried,”…
