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8 Sep

Star public editor: Hack Attack a must-read for journalists

<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_47.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When a newsroom’s only ethical code is “get the story at any cost,” inevitably it will pay the price in the loss of its credibility.</p>

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4 Sep

5 books to whet journalism students’ appetites

<p><strong>By Dan Rowe, Books Editor</strong></p>

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8 May

What journalists and public figures can learn from the Tom Flanagan takedown

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Person non grata_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Jamie Cameron</strong></p>

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28 Apr

Book Review: Killer Weed argues the news media have stoked “grow-op mania”

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/KillerWeed_1.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Ian Mulgrew</strong></p><p>The 1930s film <em>Reefer Madness</em> laughably epitomized the excesses of marijuana prohibitionist propaganda in the 20<sup>th</sup> century.</p>

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1 Apr

Book Review: Digital Currents explores how online news is changing television

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Bivens_DigitalCurrents_1.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Corinne Smith</strong></p><p>Working in television isn’t what it used to be. </p>

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21 Mar

Book Review: Duffy is a well-crafted take on the journalist-turned-senator’s rise and fall

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Duffy_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Mark Bourrie</strong></p>

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13 Mar

Book Review: Crazy Town hastily written but a gripping read

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Crazy Town_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Jan Wong</strong></p><p>In 1998, after a lot of cash went missing from a stash behind a loose brick in his basement wall, Doug Ford Sr. forced his four adult children to take lie detector tests. Kathy, Randy, Doug Jr. and Rob all had denied stealing the money. The polygraph showed Kathy, a drug addict, was lying.</p>

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24 Feb

Star public editor: Should getting a message across ever trump accuracy?

<div style="clear:none;"><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Kathy English_2_1_19.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>In expounding on the news as our religion, <a href="http://alaindebotton.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">philosopher Alain de Botton</a> suggests that journalism’s commitment to accuracy could, at times, be sacrificed on the altar of some higher purpose of persuasion.</p>

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20 Feb

Dan Rowe is J-Source’s new book review editor

<p><strong>By Bruce Gillespie, Editor-in-Chief</strong></p><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/Dan Rowe_0.JPG" title="" />I’m pleased to welcome Dan Rowe as J-Source’s new book review editor.</p>

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10 Feb

Book Review: Verification Handbook is a must-read for all digital journalists

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Verification Handbook_2.PNG" title="" /></p><p><strong>Reviewed by Diana Pereira</strong></p><p>It's nice to know that the process of verification in modern-day journalism now has an entire handbook dedicated to it.</p>

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