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17 Jan

Globe public editor: Decision to cut KenKen puzzle under review

<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_39.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>All readers will have their own preferences, but in my view, there are a number of features newspapers do that work equally well in the paper and online. Some, such as multimedia projects, video, obviously, or stories that cause a vigorous online debate, work better on the web.</p>

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15 Jan

When a picture is worth a thousand words, which photo should you run?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Johnson Collage_0.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Jesse Tahirali</strong></p><p>Terrell Johnson was 21 when he was shot and killed in 2012. One glance at his photo and you'll know the world is a bit darker without his bright smile. Or maybe that glance will leave you thinking he was asking for violence. Your impression won’t necessarily depend on the kind of person Johnson was; it will depend on which picture of him you happen to see.</p>

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14 Jan

Farewell Kamloops Daily News, Hello future of newspapers

<p><strong>By Bill Tieleman, for <em><a href="http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2014/01/14/Farewell-KDN-Hello-Net-News/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tyee</a></em></strong></p><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/Kamloops Daily News_0.PNG" title="" /></p>

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13 Jan

CBC ombudsman: More on providing a source’s credentials

<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_25.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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13 Jan

Globe public editor: Fair reporting in Rob Ford story on decriminalizing marijuana

<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_37.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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13 Jan

Star public editor: If readers were the editor 2013

<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_11.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>A record number of readers — more than 5,500 — weighed in on the <em>Star’s </em>recent annual <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2013/12/27/rob_ford_queen_elizabeth_and_the_walking_dead_you_be_the_editor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You be the Editor</a> challenge.</p>

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10 Jan

Globe public editor: When photo captions go wrong

<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_35.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Great photo captions are like poetry, or a funny tweet. They grab your attention with few words, make you think and with luck do it with humour or insight.</p>

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10 Jan

Mobilizing against precarity

<p><strong>By Errol Salamon</strong></p>

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9 Jan

The Globe and Mail’s bonus plan could backfire

<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/Globe and Mail_1.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kelly Toughill, The Business of Journalism Editor</strong></p><p>The <em>Globe and Mail</em>’s bold new compensation experiment is its riskiest innovation yet, with the potential either to make—or break—the paper’s migration to the digital era.</p>

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8 Jan

The challenges of teaching journalism in Liberia

<p><strong>By Janice Neil</strong></p><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/classroom_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p>I’ve been fortunate to have enthusiastic students fill my journalism classrooms but never have I had students who were so keen to listen to lectures they spilled out into the hallway.</p>

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