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24 Mar

Ask a Mentor: Is my freelance contract fair to me?

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></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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18 Mar

CBC ombudsman: Being critical does not mean being biased

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_41.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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18 Mar

CBC ombudsman: The problem with updates

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_39.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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17 Mar

Why the press can’t help but speculate about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight

<p><strong>By Craig Silverman</strong></p><p>Did you hear?</p>

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14 Mar

CBC ombudsman: Perception of conflict of interest over Mansbridge and Murphy speaking fees matters

<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_5.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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13 Mar

Globe public editor: Gender and photo selection

<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_69.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Here’s a little quiz.</p>

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13 Mar

Star public editor: Should the Star publish anonymous letters?

<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_21.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>The reader’s letter to the editor was thoughtful and made an important point about depression and children in a powerfully personal way.</p><p>But, you did not read it on the Letters page because the Star decided not to publish it.</p>

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13 Mar

Ask a Mentor: How to cover police, fire and other emergencies?

<p><em>Ask a Mentor is a collaboration between J-Source and the Canadian Association of Journalists. The goal of the section is to provide advice to journalists and journalism students who may not have direct access to a mentor or subject matter expert on a particular topic.</em></p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Emergency_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Creative Commons</em></p><p><em>The question:</em></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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