Category / Ethics
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Hacked phones scandal shows needs for journo accountability: Globe editorial
The most recent edition to the years-long hacked phones scandal in the United Kingdom shows the need for greater accountability in news everywhere, argues today’ editorial in The Globe and Mail.
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Dutch hyperlocal pushes envelope in mixed-zone editorial/commercial content
In just one year, Bart Brouwers has grown Dutch hyperlocal Dichtbij’s (meaning “close by” or “close to me”) website network to 85 communities from just three. It’s been fast, he told European…
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Police chief slams media’s decision to broadcast officer’s SOS call; files complaint
By now, you’ve probably read, or heard, Const. Garrett Style’s SOS call. Many media outlets (the Toronto Star, Canadian Press, CBC, CTV News…) made the decision last week to print, or broadcast,…
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CBC Ombudsman: New reviews finished and others launched
CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe recently announced the release of two reviews, and his agreement to conduct three more.
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Chequebook journalism
Is chequebook journalism resurfacing? Check out CBC Ombudsman Kirk LaPointe’s blog, themediamanager.com, which highlights two recent cases in the States. In one case, ABC paid a woman who received texts from congressman…
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The ethics of reporting on baby Storm: did journalists make a mistake?
Earlier this week, Margaret Somerville, director of the Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law and McGill University, wrote a story for online news publication The Mark questioning whether journalists made a mistake…
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Live coverage from the Organization of News Ombudsmen 2011 Conference
What happens when you put dozens of public editors from around the world into the same room? Plenty of fascinating discussion on ethics, lessons learned, and the changing media landscape. We joined…
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ASNE’s best practice guidelines for editors creating social news policies
In case you missed it, or haven’t had a chance to read the full report yet, here are the top 10 takeaways from the recently released American Society of News Editors guide…
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The little lies that photos can tell
For all the fuss over presidential re-dos and digital fakery, Anne McNeilly writes that the tougher questions around truth in photojournalism are sometimes also the subtlest.
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CAJ panel proposes ethics guidelines for digital age
The 2002-vintage ethics code of the Canadian Association of Journalists is certainly due for a revision—for one thing, it makes no mention of the Internet. Now, a panel of the association’s ethics…