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21 Nov

Globe public editor: Too much or not enough Rob Ford coverage?

<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_13.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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19 Nov

Globe public editor: Why the media keeps pushing for facts on Rob Ford

<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_11.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>This week, readers have been riveted by stories about Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. Some of the news has come from his statements: that he has smoked crack cocaine, that he has purchased illegal drugs while mayor, that he might have driven after drinking (not to mention more vulgar comments such as those on Thursday).</p>

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19 Nov

CBC ombudsman: If you name one election candidate, should you name them all?

<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_17.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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19 Nov

Canadian Media Guild data shows 10,000 job losses in past five years

<p><strong>By Jan Wong</strong></p><p>A student of mine, a freshly minted journalism graduate, recently asked to meet for coffee to discuss her new job. In addition to her duties as weekend newsreader at a local radio station, she had begun covering Fredericton city hall. She loved her work, but it didn’t take long for her to experience her first bloodbath: the station manager abruptly fired three veteran journalists. That left only one other reporter and my student—let’s call her Katrina.</p>

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19 Nov

Make this your new mantra for contract negotiating: Don’t make things worse for the next writer

<p><strong>By Ann Douglas</strong></p>

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19 Nov

CBC ombudsman: No oversell on oversold flight story

<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_11.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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14 Nov

Globe public editor: Why comments are closed on some Rob Ford stories and not others

<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_9.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>I had a number of readers express frustration last week when comments were closed for legal reasons on all stories related to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The readers wondered why <em>The Globe</em> had closed comments when other organizations had not, and why it allowed comments on the federal Senate scandal, but not on Mr. Ford.</p>

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14 Nov

Ward’s Words: Do ethics, not definitions

<p><strong>By Stephen Ward</strong></p><p>Ironically, journalists—a group normally reluctant to theorize—are today up to their ears in definitions, a favourite activity of philosophers. For some time, journalists and their associations have been trying anxiously to define “journalist” and “journalism” as a media revolution blurs the differences between professional journalists and citizens. I have some bad news for this definition-making industry.</p>

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13 Nov

Should media pay for news?

<p><strong>By Ross Howard</strong></p>

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12 Nov

Crossing the line? The controversy sparked by Carol Todd’s blog post

<p><em>The Vancouver Sun won the 2013 Jack Webster Award for Best Reporting of the Year in Print for its coverage of Amanda Todd—who committed suicide after posting a video detailing being bullied.</em> <em>But a blog post by Todd’s mother, Carol, that described how the Sun's stories came about raised eyebrows in the journalism community. Then the blog post was edited and later removed entirely. Mount Royal journalism professor </em><em><strong>Brad Clark </strong></em><em>spoke to J-Source reporter Eric Mark Do about the ethical concerns.</em></p>

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