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Intern’s response to in-house plagiarism at Toronto Star called “courageous”

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…
York University gives libel notice to Toronto Life for article alleging campus is “hunting ground for sexual predators”

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…
Beyond The Headlines: Have The Media Treated Mayor Ford Fairly?

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…
CBC denies accepting money from Parks Canada in exchange for positive stories

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…
J-Source nominated for a Canadian Online Publishing Award

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.
Canadian Medical Association announces health reporting award winners

CBC wins three heath reporting awards, followed by L’actualité with two awards, from the Canadian Medical Association.
Forum Freelance Fund awards three journalists bursaries for conflict-zone training

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…
Ontario Press Council: Why we hold media to account

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…
Some journalists and news organizations took government funding to produce work: is that a problem?

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…
Discussion on real-time ethics

"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…