Globe and Mail wins big at 2017 Online Journalism Awards
Globe and Mail picks up four prizes, tying New York Times for most wins by any organization. Continue Reading Globe and Mail wins big at 2017 Online Journalism Awards
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Canadian front pages after Jagmeet Singh named new leader of federal NDP
The Sept. 29-Oct. 1 weekend was filled with major news events, including terrorist attacks in Edmonton and Las Vegas. Continue Reading Canadian front pages after Jagmeet Singh named new leader of federal NDP
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Decision to publish gay Chechens story made after exhausting ‘all avenues’
Last week a reader wondered, on Twitter, whether stories by John Ibbitson on Canada’s clandestine project to evacuate gay men from Russia to Canada “put gay Chechen refugees (or continuance of the program) at risk?” It’s an important question. Mr. Ibbitson first broke this story in early September with the news that for three months, the federal…
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Hillary Clinton column sparks comment section ‘fight club’
It’s no surprise that a column written by a woman, about a woman, attracts online attacks – but an angry minority shouldn’t shut down debate. Continue Reading Globe and Mail Public Editor: Hillary Clinton column sparks comment section ‘fight club’
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Globe and Mail to tap into online data to help reshape daily newspaper
Print revamp will launch on Dec. 1, 2017. Continue Reading Globe and Mail to tap into online data to help reshape daily newspaper
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Print distribution of the Globe and Mail coming to an end in Atlantic provinces
After Nov. 30, the Globe and Mail will no longer be available in PEI, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, along with Newfoundland and Labrador. Continue Reading Print distribution of the Globe and Mail coming to an end in Atlantic provinces
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: We must earn your trust that we’re the real deal
While most readers know that charges of ‘fake news’ are themselves fake, media groups like this one need to include the readers more in their process. Continue Reading Globe and Mail Public Editor: We must earn your trust that we’re the real deal
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Knowing about local communities is important right of the public
Authorities instinctively put a positive spin on everything and avoid talking about painful problems, but the journalist’s instinct is to pick at that scab. Continue Reading Globe and Mail Public Editor: Knowing about local communities is important right of the public
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Globe and Mail Public Editor: Does an idiom have a ‘best before’ date?
By Sylvia Stead for the Globe and Mail Our language doesn’t stay still. It adapts to a changing world, gains new terms, drops old ones and changes course when a term or phrase is widely acknowledged as hurtful and derogatory. One of those phrases appeared in the big headline on the front page of the… -
Globe and Mail Public Editor: Overuse of term ‘populism’ can be misleading
By Sylvia Stead, Globe and Mail Public Editor Here’s a word that has surged in popularity in the last year. It has been used to describe Donald Trump’s ascendancy, the majority vote on Brexit and the second-place showing of Marine Le Pen in this month’s French presidential election. I’ve seen business articles in The Globe…