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13 May

Globe public editor: A new standard set for reporting on mental health

<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_3.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma has unveiled <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/journalismforum.ca/mindset-mediaguide-ca/mindset-media-guide-eng" title="">an excellent guide on reporting on mental health</a> that offers great advice to all working journalists.</p>

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12 May

Should media outlets tell readers the news was created by robots?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/robot tech.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Matt Sutton</strong></p><p>A news-writing robot created by <a href="http://automatedinsights.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Automated Insights</a> is estimated to “write” one billion stories in 2014.</p>

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11 May

Broadcasters say no to political ads using their content. Sounds good, but can they do it?

<p><strong>By Thomas Rose, Law Editor</strong></p><p>With a provincial election underway in Ontario and four federal by-elections slated for the end of June, the timing of the announcement by Canada’s national broadcasters that they will not allow unauthorized use of their content in political ads is auspicious. </p><p>The announcement late last week by CBC, Rogers, Shaw and CTV—who own or operate the bulk of all television and radio stations in Canada—came wrapped in the ideal of journalistic independence.</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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6 May

Did the Globe buy the news or just the Rob Ford pictures?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Ford cover_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Image courtesy of <a href="http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=CAN_TGAM&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Newseum</a></em></p><p><strong>By Ross Howard</strong></p>

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6 May

Has the “selfie” gone too far?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Selfie_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Screen grab from New York Magazine</em></p><p><strong>By Masha Scheele </strong></p>

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6 May

CBC ombudsman: It’s all about context

<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_4.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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5 May

Star public editor: Journalists, sources and informed consent

<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_19.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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2 May

Ward’s Words: An ethics reform must include the public

<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/Stephen Ward_0.PNG" title="" /> <strong>By Stephen J. A. Ward</strong></p><p>Professional news organizations and associations are seeking—or forced?— to rewrite their codes of ethics in the face of overwhelming change to journalism. </p>

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1 May

Globe public editor: The case for paying for Rob Ford photographs

<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_2.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The Globe and Mail did something that I think has not happened before, and that was to pay a source $10,000 for a series of photographs showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what was described by a drug dealer as crack cocaine. The payment was to an admitted drug dealer.</p>

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