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11 Aug

Public editor: Why can’t the Toronto Star interview Omar Khadr?

<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/Kathy English_39.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Guantanamo’s child is all grown up now, a man imprisoned since the age of 15 and prepared to tell his own story.</p>

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25 Jul

Media go to court for access to Omar Khadr

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Omar Khadr_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of Canadian Press</em></p><p><strong>By Tamara Baluja, Associate Editor</strong></p><p>The CBC, <em>Toronto Star</em> and documentary producer White Pine Pictures are taking the federal government to court to ask that Omar Khadr be allowed to be interviewed by the media.</p>

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15 Jul

Star public editor: Rehab no free pass to zero accountability

<p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>The privacy of personal health information is an important principle in our civil society.</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>The Toronto Star well understands that principle and has a strong record of reporting vigorously on violations of personal privacy rights.</p>

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15 Jul

Globe public editor: Rob Ford and the press conference that wasn’t

<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/Sylvia Stead_14.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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16 Jun

CBC ombudsman: One sign one time is not bias

<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/Esther Enkin_12.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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12 Jun

Frosty relations on Parliament Hill

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Parliament Hill.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Caresse Ley</em></p><p><strong>By David McKie</strong></p><p>With federal politicians set to take a break for the summer, it’s worth taking stock of the atmosphere that has existed for journalists covering the prime minister and his cohorts and threatens to persist until the next federal election.</p>

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11 Jun

Tim Harper: Collision between union rights and journalistic independence

<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/Tim Harper_1.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Tim Harper, national affairs columnist for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>There is no doubt the union that represents me certainly put one on the tee for Conservatives everywhere.</p>

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9 Jun

Newspapers Canada FOI audit shows disparity in government response

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General newspapers_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Fred Vallance-Jones, Data Journalism Editor</strong></p>

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9 Jun

Globe public editor: More on political titles during election campaigns

<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_21.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>There are many passionate advocates for Canadian political parties and some who believe that the news media are biased against their particular party or view.</p>

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3 Jun

Globe public editor: Why we don’t refer to Kathleen Wynne as premier

<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_20.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>During the Ontario election campaign, Kathleen Wynne should rarely be referred to as Premier. She is the provincial Liberal Leader until the voters decide on June 12 who will lead the province.</p>

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