Category / Ethics

Sharing information with a reporteris not a risk free act. There is a range of potential consequences for subjects and sources. The Canadian Association of Journalists ethics committee considered if interview subjects can really…

Beyond the fact that Mansbridge and his CBC bosses thought it fine for him to accept a paying gig at an oil conference, journalism professor Dan Rowe explains what the incident says…

CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge defended himself after a report that he made a paid speech to petroleum producers, saying he has never publicly promoted or opposed oilsands development.

When Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale launched his lawsuit against Mayor Rob Ford and said he would continue to report on the city hall beat, a J-Source reader asked if it was…

The Ethics Advisory Committee of the Canadian Association of Journalists convened the panel in the wake of Mellissa Fung's 2008 kidnapping with a mandate to consider when and under what circumstances media…

AP fired a photographer who edited out another journalist’s camera that was in the shot of a Syrian resistance fighter. AP’s swift response was correct—if we demand accountability and transparency from those…

One quick interview won’t give a complete picture of a person, and neither will one quick picture. Western University journalism student Jesse Tahirali explains why newspapers should consider establishing an editorial standard…

When Halifax Media Co-op journalist Miles Howe was arrested for the third time by the New Brunswick RCMP, many questioned if he was indeed a journalist. But others say activist journalism has…

Peter Mansbridge and CBC’s The National faced sharp criticism about their interview with Toronto mayor Rob Ford, in which he fibbed and stretched the truth. Mansbridge, one of Canada’s top anchors, did…