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9 Dec

Globe public editor: A behind the scenes look at our Mandela coverage

<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_10.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of The Globe and Mail</strong></p><p>Even though the announcement of Nelson Mandela’s death was made in the late afternoon, much of what you read in the newspaper has been prepared for weeks, months and in some cases years.</p>

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9 Dec

Globe public editor: Here’s what readers would ask Rob Ford

<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_8.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>I asked readers to be reporters for the day and offer (up to) five questions they have for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The questions were personal, political and some I haven’t included because they really should be directed instead to the police and the courts.</p>

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9 Dec

Star public editor: Journalists honoured in Toronto for pursuit of truth

<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_11.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the Toronto Star</strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>“I am a journalist and my job is to tell the truth.”</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>The mission and motto of any journalist, anywhere, does not get any simpler than that.</p>

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9 Dec

The ethics of Rolling Stone’s Boston bomber cover

<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/Rolling Stone_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Adam Williams</strong></p><p>In August 2013, <em>Rolling Stone</em> published Janet Reitman’s feature <a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/jahars-world-20130717" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Jahar’s World,”</a> which explored the life of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. </p>

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6 Dec

The story I never really told and the guilt I felt

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Kenya_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>The outdoor market in Kisumu, Kenya in 2010. Kisumu was a flashpoint for clashes between police and protesters in Kenya's post-Election violence of 2007 and 2008. Credit: Jacob Kuehn</em></p><p><strong>By Jacob Kuehn</strong></p><p>“Journalism is about people sharing consciousness by telling each other stories,”  </p>

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6 Dec

Why sustaining an advertising-driven business model is difficult for community newspapers

<p><em>When a community newspaper closes, it is a great loss. Still, publishers will argue it is the economic reality of the times. Many scholars argue the importance of community journalism to democracy and citizenship, often separately from the business decisions. The historic tension between public service and economics is longstanding. But what if there is another set of lenses beyond journalism, political, economic, communications theory and other traditional disciplines to shed light on the significance of news media in rural Canada?

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5 Dec

New CUP/CWA Canada partnership takes “harm reduction” approach to internships

<p><strong>By Katherine Lapointe</strong></p><p>$1.64 an hour. That’s effectively the <a href="http://www.ellecanada.com/elle-canada-print-editorial-internships/a/47166" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hourly rate</a> for editorial interns at TC Media’s <em>ELLE Canada</em> magazine on a four-month internship. And the interns who receive a $750 stipend upon completion of their internship are luckier than the many young journalists who are not being paid at all for their work. </p>

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4 Dec

CBC ombudsman: In ongoing coverage, balance can be achieved over time

<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_21.jpg" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></div><p>The complainant, Chris Brown, was concerned that CBC radio coverage of the negotiations for a deal to limit Iran’s ability to create bomb grade uranium did not consistently mention that Israel has nuclear capability. He felt this showed bias in coverage.</p>

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2 Dec

Globe public editor: What five questions about Rob Ford do you want answered?

<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_21.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>A week from today, assuming no appeals or setbacks, readers will be able to see almost all of the 500-page document police have pulled together in their investigation into Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.</p>

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2 Dec

Globe public editor: Stories with grammatical errors are not formally corrected

<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_19.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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