Star summer intern Marc Ellison worked on a data journalism project with a searchable database of banned licence plates. But he plagiarized some of three years old material from Daniel Dale, another Star reporter. His blog post explaining his actions has been called "courageous" for his willingness to admit how and why he went wrong.
York University says it has given a notice for libel earlier this week to the Toronto magazine and Katherine Laidlaw, the writer of the article alleging that its campus has become a “hunting ground for sexual predators.”
A video that allegedly shows the Mayor of Canada’s largest city smoking crack cocaine has generated headlines around the world. News of the video, which was not produced by the journalists, has also raised questions – some of them for the first time in Canada – on the way in which journalists gather and report…
The CBC says the payments it received from Parks Canada covered the costs of sharing travel and logistical expenses while covering the search for the Franklin expedition in the Arctic. But at no time, writes editor-in-chief and general manager Jennifer McGuire, did the CBC accept money in exchange for writing positive stories of the federal…
J-Source earned a nomination for Best Online-Only Article or Series of Articles for its analysis of the so-called Crackgate affair in the Canadian Online Publishing Awards.
CBC wins three heath reporting awards, followed by L’actualité with two awards, from the Canadian Medical Association.
The Forum Freelance Fund is sponsored by CBC News and supported by Radio-Canada, CNW and individual donations, and run by the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma. Two of the winners will attend a course at Columbia Journalism School, and one will attend a commercial safety course.
Don McCurdy, the executive director of the Ontario Press Council, explains why his organization called public hearings to examine recent news reporting on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother and what one can expect to happen at the hearings.
As newsrooms shrink, budgets contract and reporting jobs get axed, journalism is desperately looking for its next stream of funding. But what if that source of cash flow is from the Canadian government? That ethical quandary appeared to fly under the radar at many news organizations when they received lucrative grants from the Canadian International…
"Should a newsroom control what reporters are tweeting from their personal accounts? Should factually incorrect posts or tweets be deleted? How do you ensure the content from social media is original and unaltered?"