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2 Dec

Star public editor: When transparency trumps independence

<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_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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29 Nov

CBC ombudsman: Elections change the rules on balanced reporting

<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_19.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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29 Nov

Why we should care when a community newspaper shuts down

<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 economy communications theory and other traditional disciplines to shed light on the significance of news media in rural Canada?

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28 Nov

CBC ombudsman: Is unlicensed daycare story fair to licensed daycares?

<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_15.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p><p>The complainant, Doreen Cowin, is Executive Director of a resource center for independent daycares. She thought a Marketplace episode that focused on some substandard unlicensed daycares was unfair because it did not also show well run ones.</p>

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27 Nov

The Unknowable Country: Why aren’t journalists pushing governments for more transparency?

<p><strong>By Sean Holman</strong></p><p>Award-winning CBC News producer <a href="http://www.ukings.ca/david-mckie" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David McKie</a> rang the fight bell in a <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/opinion-canada%E2%80%99s-access-information-system-going-downhill-and-fast">column</a> published earlier this month on J-Source, saying journalists must “take the gloves off by pushing governments to be more transparent.”</p>

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22 Nov

Globe public editor: Careful what you call a ‘miracle’

<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_17.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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22 Nov

No chequebook journalism at Toronto Star: Public Editor

<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_10.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>The <em>Toronto Star</em> does not pay sources for interviews. That means no one scores cash for telling the <em>Star</em>’s reporters what they know.</p>

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21 Nov

Globe public editor: How do you define the middle class?

<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_14.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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21 Nov

CBC ombudsman: The ethics of interviews

<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_13.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p><p>Ideas broadcast a documentary which explores the impact of internet pornography on young men. Gary Wilson is one of the experts featured in it. His wife, Marnia Robinson, who works with him, wrote to complain that she and her husband had been misled about the areas to be used from the interview.</p>

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21 Nov

Don’t kid yourself: being a freelancer means running your own business

<p><strong>By Adam Stanley</strong></p><p>In journalism school, they teach you the “how tos” and the what ifs” of entering the world of freelancing and don’t hold back on cautioning burgeoning writers about the perils that lie ahead. What they don’t teach you is how to become an entrepreneur. You have to learn that for yourself.</p>

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