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21 Apr

Why a journalist’s words matter when reporting on mental health

<p><img align="left" alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" hspace="10" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Mindset_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Cliff Lonsdale</strong></p>

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17 Apr

Star public editor: Is it time to spell out swear words?

<p><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_24.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Though the Star did not spell out the swear word Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau dropped in the boxing ring last week, I can’t imagine any reader could have had any doubt about what that bad word actually was.</p>

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15 Apr

Why CUP needs to live

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jane Lytvynenko</strong></p><p>When I think of Canadian University Press, I remember the first time I met one of my journalistic idols. It was Alan Cross, a music history guru, who addressed student journalists at CUP’s national conference back in 2012. I managed little more than a squeak and a handshake, but that awkward encounter motivates me to keep fighting for CUP.</p>

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14 Apr

Why CUP needs to die

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/CUP logo_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Robert Murray</strong></p><p>You would have to be living under a rock not to have heard about the problems of the Canadian University Press.</p>

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11 Apr

New Torstar code of business conduct raises conundrums for journalists

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Toronto Star -2_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By David Swick</strong></p>

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11 Apr

Why my unpaid internship worked for me

<p><strong>By Andrew Snook</strong></p><p>There has been a significant amount of debate around writers’ water coolers lately on whether it is appropriate for journalists to work for free.</p><p>This is an understandable concern for anyone working in the newspaper industry, which has witnessed the virtual gutting of some of the industry’s best and brightest.</p>

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9 Apr

The importance of public broadcasting

<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/CBC_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jody Porter</strong></p>

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8 Apr

CBC ombudsman: Is it opinion or analysis?

<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_7.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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8 Apr

Globe public editor: Clichés drive readers up the wall

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_76.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Clichés and overblown rhetoric drive some readers up the wall. Okay, that was both a cliché and overblown, but you get the point.</p>

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8 Apr

Globe public editor: Should newspapers endorse politicians?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_75.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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