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8 Sep

Live blog: Ontario Press Council hearings

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6 Sep

Globe public editor: Reader’s complaint on Ford story headed to Press Council

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Stead_14.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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6 Sep

Globe public editor: A reader reminds us of the importance of attribution

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Stead_12.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor at <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Talking Points is a regular feature that debuted in the Life and Arts section this summer. Labelled as a daily roundup of digital miscellany (which runs in the paper and online), it is meant to include a few interesting tidbits of news “talking points” with some personal observation from the writer.</p>

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6 Sep

Star public editor: If Star misspells your name, we will correct

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/English_0.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, <em>Toronto Star</em>'s<em> </em>public editor</strong></p><p>In journalism schools across Canada this week, many a freshman student will learn one of the foremost lessons of the J-school classroom: Get someone’s name wrong and you get a failing grade.</p>

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5 Sep

Back to school: Loyalist-Trent journalism program unveils its massive new newsroom

<p><em>Trent University and Loyalist College officially launched a news bureau Wednesday as part of a joint journalism program run by the two schools. Jane Harrison, director of special projects and former Dean of Loyalist’s School of Media, Arts and Design talked to J-Source's education editor Melanie Coulson about the new 10,000-square-foot newsroom in Belleville and the program.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/loyalist_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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5 Sep

Should a theatre critic refrain from reviewing a play in which a family member is involved?

<p>Robert Cushman, a theatre critic for the <em>National Post,</em> recently wrote a <a href="http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/08/25/theatre-review-stratfords-production-of-the-merchant-of-venice-is-fluent-and-thoughtful-packed-with-local-colour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review of Stratford Festival play</a> for which his son was an assistant director. He acknowledged the family connection in his review, but is there still a conflict of interest?</p>

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5 Sep

Lac-Mégantic: Rien ne sera plus jamais comme avant à l’Écho de Frontenac

<p><strong>Deux mois après le drame ferroviaire qui a touché la petite communauté de Lac-Mégantic, la plupart des journalistes ont quitté les lieux. Mais la rédaction de l’Écho de Frontenac, elle, est toujours là. <em>Projet J </em>a parlé avec les deux journalistes de l’hebdomadaire indépendant de la région. Ils racontent leur quotidien depuis la tragédie. Entre émotion, frustration et perspectives.</strong></p><p><em>Par Hélène Roulot-Ganzmann</em></p>

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5 Sep

JHR study shows aboriginal issues get less than 1 per cent of Ontario media coverage

<p>A new <a href="http://www.jhr.ca/en/aboutjhr/downloads/publications/buried_voices.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalists for Human Rights study</a> shows that aboriginal issues are barely on the radar of most Ontario media outlets.</p>

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5 Sep

New award honours writer and historian Michael Fellman

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-thumbnail inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/thumbnail/images/Fellman.JPG" title="" /><em>The Tyee</em> and the Simon Fraser University History department have established an award to honour historian Michael Fellman, who regularly contributed to the B.C.-based online publication.</p><p>Fellman died last year. He was a noted historian, political commentator and author who taught for almost 40 years at SFU.</p>

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5 Sep

Participants sought for national survey of Canadian journalists working in digital age

<p>Two academics at Western University, in London, Ont., are conducting a <a href="http://digitallaboursurvey.wordpress.com/take-the-survey/">national survey</a> of Canadian journalists in order to gain an in-depth understanding of journalistic work in a digital age.</p>

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