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    Toronto Star Public Editor: Who can you really trust for news?

    ‘As mishaps of misinformation and disasters of disinformation spread through the digital ecosystem, determining who you can trust for news and verified information is more important than ever.’ Continue Reading Toronto Star Public Editor: Who can you really trust for news?

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    TORONTO STAR PUBLIC EDITOR: Readers need to distinguish news from opinion

    The Star must draw clearer distinction between news and opinion. Continue Reading TORONTO STAR PUBLIC EDITOR: Readers need to distinguish news from opinion

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    Toronto Star Public Editor: The public interest and the ethics of undercover reporting

    When is undercover reporting justified? Continue Reading Toronto Star Public Editor: The public interest and the ethics of undercover reporting

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    Toronto Star Public Editor: Reader trust and responsible reporting with anonymous sources

    By Kathy English, Toronto Star Public Editor An important reader question about trust in the Star: “I am curious what steps a journalist might take to verify what they are told by a confidential source. I can understand the need for confidential sources in the media, but, as a reader I generally put a little less faith…
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    Toronto Star Public Editor: Public Editor cannot be one-person panacea to reader trust problem

    By Kathy English for the Toronto Star Ten years ago this month, I signed on to what would turn out to be the most challenging job of my life in journalism. I knew that serving as the Star’s public editor would not be an easy task. It is widely regarded as the worst job in journalism and…
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    Toronto Star Public Editor: This is no job for the faint of heart

    By Kathy English for the Toronto Star I would like to welcome Sophie Borwein to the ranks of us public editors tasked with the responsibility and privilege of holding news organizations to account for high journalistic standards on behalf of their readers. We are a relatively small group of public editors, readers’ editors and ombudsmen…
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    Toronto Star Public Editor: More discussion about demeaning team names needed

    By Kathy English for the Toronto Star Can we talk, please, about that baseball team from Cleveland that dare not speak its name on this particular page of the Toronto Star. It’s not surprising that some readers are vexed and confused by what looks to them to be a gap between what a Star editorial…

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    Toronto Star Public Editor: Readers still care about language use

    By Kathy English for the Toronto Star In this age of instant digital news, in which journalism faces revolutionary changes, some things do not change — most notably readers’ expectations of excellence in English language usage. Rarely a day goes by without several Toronto Star readers emailing the public editor’s office to point out spelling,…
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    Toronto Star Public Editor: When does The Star report race of suspects wanted by police?

    By Kathy English for the Toronto Star A reader’s good question about the Toronto Star’s reporting of the race of suspects wanted by police raised relevant points demanding further inquiry. “I am curious about the application of the Toronto Star’s policy on naming the race of suspects,” the reader, who works in the field of…

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    Toronto Star Public Editor: When a private tragedy becomes a public spectacle

    [[{"fid":"6137","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":""},"type":"media","attributes":{"height":153,"width":124,"style":"width: 75px; height: 93px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default"},"link_text":null}]]By Kathy English for the Toronto Star The union that represents Toronto Star newsroom employees called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of a Star reporter who recently took her own life. By all reports of those closest to her, the last thing…
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