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28 Feb

Word choice key in covering sexual assault

“Rape” is not the same as “sexual assault,” as various media outlets were reminded — including the Globe and Mail, National Post and Ottawa Citizen — after they erroneously reported […]

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28 Feb

Writer’s notes sought

A writer who did a story about a murder case for Toronto Life magazine has been served with a subpoena seeking notes and tapes that were part of his research, […]

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28 Feb

Rein in rights commissions on speech law

In this piece for The Gazette, president of the Alberta-based Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in Leadership Janet Keeping contends that the overzealous commissions should be controlled by changing the […]

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28 Feb

CAJ calling for changes to human rights law

The Canadian Association of Journalists is calling on federal and provincial governments to amend human rights legislation to prevent attacks on freedom of speech. According to CAJ, two recent cases […]

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27 Feb

The Halifax Daily News: 1974 – 2008

What does the unceremonious folding of the Daily News mean for Halifax? For journalism? In this feature article for JournalismEthics.ca, former columnist and journalism professor Stephen Kimber tracks the rise […]

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27 Feb

Is the media sexist towards Hillary?

A piece by Judith Timson in the February 26 Globe and Mail claims that Hillary Clinton is the victim of sexism, suggesting that: “For every ‘presidential’ and ‘charismatic’ bestowed on […]

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27 Feb

Sanati named Chatelaine editor

Maryam Sanati, Chatelaine’s deputy editor for the past 18 months, has been named editor-in-chief. Sanati has worked at Toronto Life, Shift and the Report on Business magazines, as well as at the […]

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27 Feb

CTV journalist called enemy combatant

An Afghan journalist working for CTV has been declared an unlawful enemy combatant, the Canadian Press reports. A U.S. military spokesman said an “enemy combatant review board” had found Jawed […]

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25 Feb

A sane distance: trauma, tragedy, and the reporter

by Ethan Baron I had a dream about Willie Pickton the night after he was sentenced to life in prison. I’d already had nightmares after gruesome days in court, but […]

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25 Feb

A brand new beat

QUESTION: What are the first things I should do when I start a new beat? Who do I call? What should I read? How do I start? Answer by Helen […]

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