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Media must be cautious covering individual immigration cases

An increasing number of media coverage of individual immigration law cases tread dangerously close to appeals to emotion—presenting incomplete facts and ideal outcomes.
CBC Ombudsman: Hard to establish notions of fairness when point of contention is a hashtag

Q listener files complaint over show’s characterization of #GamerGate.
Star public editor: So what does the public editor do?

The role of public editor represents the Toronto Star’s strong commitment to accountability and transparency.
CBC journalist takes to Twitter to find live-hit harasser

After a bystander yelled FHRITP to her while covering the Pan Am Games closing ceremony, CBC Toronto journalist Charlsie Agro has filed a police report.
Star public editor: Anti-terror law challenge creates journalistic dilemma

The legal challenge to Canada’s anti-terrorism law led to a tough decision for the Star’s national security reporter.
CBC Ombudsman: Sound and colour is information, too

In a radio piece out of Iran, reporter Derek Stoffel used the image of people arriving in a horse drawn carriage at the Grand Bazaar in Tehran as a scene setter about…
CBC Ombudsman: A proposed war memorial and conflict of interest

The complainant questioned the status of Rex Murphy and Peter Mansbridge as honorary patrons of the “Mother Canada” war memorial proposed for Cape Breton
Applications open for Grace-Pepin Access to Information Award

The Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada has opened applications for the fifth annual Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award.
Four things every journalist should know before writing about autism

Every week a new study on autism seems to surface, and too often there are errors or critical omissions in some of the media coverage on the topic.
National Press Council set to launch in September

This fall, British Columbia, Ontario and Atlantic Canada’s press councils will amalgamate into a national body.