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7 Jan

Globe public editor: Reporting vs. opinion

<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_33.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>In the newspaper, readers generally understand the difference between news reporting and commentary. Comments and opinions are either set up differently with a columnist's picture or grouped together on comment pages.</p><p>Online is a trickier proposition.</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: An unfair photo of our Prime Minister?

<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_31.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>When is a news photo of a politician an unfair choice and when does it back up the point of an article?</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: The “first” airplane hijacking in Canada

<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_29.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>It can be risky to write about an incident or person being “the first” or “the only.” Even if you are quite convinced you are right based on extensive research, there should be a slight doubt.</p>

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6 Jan

Globe public editor: A look back at the Globe’s mistakes in 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/Stead_6_1_1_27.JPG" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></div><p>The end of the year is often a time of soul-searching, taking stock and, for anyone who works with words, the moment to look back at cringe-inducing typos, clarifications and corrections.</p>

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6 Jan

Star public editor: If you were editor of the Star, what would you have done differently in 2013?

<div style="clear:none;"><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_9.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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6 Jan

Star public editor: 2013 in corrections

<p> </p><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_7.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>In a year dominated by coverage of Mayor Rob Ford and his numerous newsworthy antics, <em>the Star</em>, to its credit, got all the important Ford facts right with no significant corrections required.</p>

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19 Dec

Globe public editor: The importance of diversity in photos

<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_25.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>A reader wrote to me this week on the lack of racial diversity in photos, especially in Saturday’s <em>Globe</em>.</p>

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17 Dec

CBC ombudsman: When providing a source’s credentials, how much is enough?

<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_23.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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16 Dec

Star public editor: Who should be called “Dr.”?

<div style="clear:none;"><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_5.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for <em>the Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Who is entitled to the title of Dr. in the pages of <em>the Toronto Star</em>?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>Should a doctor of medicine (MD) always be referred to as “Dr.?” What about a dentist, a veterinarian, an optometrist, a podiatrist?</p>

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12 Dec

Globe public editor: Journalists need to have a thick skin, but Rob Ford took it too far

<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_23.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of The Globe and Mail</strong></p><p>In my 20 years or so as an editor responsible for working with this newspaper’s legal counsel, I’ve heard from a few reporters who are so angry with comments made about them, they want to sue for libel or slander.</p>

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