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2 Sep

Public editor quiz: Are you smarter than a Star journalist?

<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_43.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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29 Aug

Ward’s Words: Is talk of a Canadian press council outdated?

<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_3.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Stephen J.A. Ward</strong></p><p>Newspapers Canada, an industry voice, is soliciting feedback on behalf of the provinicial press councils for <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/newspapers-canada-reveals-proposal-national-press-council">a national press council to be launched in 2015</a>.</p>

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25 Aug

CBC ombudsman: No bias here, just human error

<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_36.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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25 Aug

Star public editor: Disturbing images of James Foley’s beheading spark global debate

<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_41.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When violence goes viral, when is enough enough?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>How much is too much when brutal, barbaric images are widely available for publication and sharing?</p>

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21 Aug

CBC ombudsman: Make sure viewers know what they are seeing an unverified video

<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_34.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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19 Aug

CBC ombudsman: Can an analyst with a partisan past provide balance?

<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_32.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p><p>SUMMARY</p>

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18 Aug

The future of immigrant journalism in Canada

<p><strong>By George Abraham</strong></p><p>I was never cut out to be a pioneer or an entrepreneur; risk-taking is just not in my DNA. My friends know me as a follower rather than a leader: a conformist. </p>

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18 Aug

Star public editor: A case of mistaken identity

<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_37.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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15 Aug

Public editor: Globe stories on suicide show restraint

<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/Stead_29.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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14 Aug

Ward’s Words: DIY vs. depersonalized journalism ethics

<p><strong>By Stephen J.A. Ward</strong></p><p>The creation of a global and open media ecology that is online and offline,  as well as professional and amateur, has undermined a prior professional consensus on the content of journalism ethics. There is scarcely a principle or concept that is not up for debate, from who is a journalist to whether reporters should be objective.</p><p>Yet, increasing numbers of journalists believe there is a need for guiding values as we sail journalism’s roiling sea.</p>

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