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14 Feb

Ask a Mentor: Is it OK to write about a source you’re suing?

<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>The question: </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jsource">@jsource</a> is it acceptable for a reporter to continue writing about the person that the reporter is suing? <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AskMentor&src=hash">#AskMentor</a></p>

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13 Feb

Globe public editor: The Bilodeaus’ bond deserves the full story

<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_59.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>My favourite part of the Olympics Games are the human stories behind the medal counts and athleticism.</p>

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13 Feb

Mistakes in Globe public editor column

<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_57.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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11 Feb

CBC ombudsman: Polling pitfalls

<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_29_1.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></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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10 Feb

The Unknowable Country: What Postmedia’s torching of its parliamentary bureau means for the future of investigative reporting on the Hill

<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/Postmedia newspapers_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p><a href="http://www.postmedia.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Postmedia Network Inc.</a>'s decision to <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/postmedia-eliminates-parliamentary-bureau">torch</a> its parliamentary bureau last week will inevitably compromise the newspaper chain's ability to produce investigative public affairs reporting.</p>

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6 Feb

Opinion: Why journalism schools must teach code—even if every journalist is not wired that way

<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/Coding_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By William Wolfe-Wylie</strong></p><p>Two years after beginning this journey, I'm more intimidated by what I don't know than when I started. That's what learning code will do to you.</p>

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6 Feb

Simply reporting, or reporting simply? How do you cover Rob Ford’s lies?

<p>If you just report what a politician says, you get called nothing more than a lackey or a mindless stenographer. Report on whether the politician got the facts right, and you’ll likely be called a biased, partisan hack. Here, <a href="http://torontoist.com"><em>Torontoist</em></a> editor-in-chief Hamutal Dotan explains why her news outlet fact-checked the mayor.</p><p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/FordCouncil_0.jpg" title="" /></p>

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4 Feb

Globe public editor: Homeopathic and medical advice needs to be balanced

<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_55.JPG" title="" /></p>

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3 Feb

Public Editor: Pennsylvania website plagiarizes from Toronto Star

<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_17.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>This is a morality tale about publishing in the digital age: the story of how the work of a <em>Toronto Star</em> reporter was ripped off and published by a rural Pennsylvania news website.</p>

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