CBC Ombudsman: GMO Crops and Journalistic Balance
The complainant focused on a passing reference to crop yields from GMO seed in an interview about the reasons for the Chinese takeover of a large seed and pesticide company.
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How the story of a young stroke victim became an in-depth, interactive CBC feature
Saving Sid, a 6,000-word interactive CBC feature, captured 260,000 page views in one day.
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CBC general manager and editor in chief: Reviewing our commenting policy
CBC general manager and editor in chief Jennifer McGuire explains why the CBC reviewed their comment policy.
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Memo: Brodie Fenlon appointed Senior Director of Digital News at CBC
The following memo was sent to CBC staff on Feb. 24 from Jennifer McGuire, General Manager and Editor in Chief I am thrilled to confirm Brodie Fenlon as the Senior Director of CBC News Digital. Brodie has been acting in the role for four months and has already proven to be a valuable member of my senior…
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Liberals release details of budget cuts made in 2012, including several made at CBC
By H.G. Watson, Associate Editor Information released by the Liberal government on Feb. 19 details $115 million in cuts to the CBC along with several other services. Budgets for sports programming were scaled back by $2.2 million, and specialty and main news services were reduced by $3 million. The $115 million in cuts over three years were…
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Reporting from Ebola’s ground zero
By Lana Hall In 2014, CBC correspondent Adrienne Arsenault cut her vacation short to accept a gig covering the worst outbreak of Ebola in history. She barely hesitated. “I can’t imagine saying no. I don’t think it’s in our DNA to say no,” she said. “I don’t think we could have lived with ourselves if…
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Responsible communication wins again
Kathy Tomlinson becomes part of a slowly growing list of Canadian defamation cases that are winning with the defence of “responsible communication”.
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Memo: CBC opens Moscow pocket bureau
The pocket bureau will be staffed by Susan Ormiston, Corrine Seminoff and Jean-Francois Bisson.