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16 Oct

Opinion: Why the Globe might not want to target an elite audience

<p><strong>By Ira Basen, Future of News editor</strong></p><p>George Brown, who founded<em> The</em> <em>Globe and Mail </em>newspaper in 1844, was no friend of the masses. </p><p>He was distrustful of American-style direct democracy and deeply hostile to unions. When printers went on strike against his newspaper in 1872 in support of a nine-hour day, Brown was outraged. “It is utterly ridiculous to talk of the rapacity and despotism of the employer,” he fumed. “The tyranny of the employed over his master would be an infinitely truer version of the case.”</p>

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15 Oct

CBC ombudsman: The National’s At Issue panel is non-partisan

<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/Enkin_13.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman </strong></p>

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15 Oct

Live blog: The changing relationship between journalism, brands and storytelling

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11 Oct

Star public editor: Columnists free to express outrageous opinions

<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_6.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>“I’m wondering if you can clarify whether it is the <em>Star</em>’s official position that cyclists should be shot . . . ,” a reader wrote to me this week. “Looking forward to your clarification on the execution of cyclists comment.”</p>

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11 Oct

Globe public editor: Why John Greyson’s sexuality was relevant to Wente’s column

<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_6.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Columnists are encouraged to offer strong and often contrary opinions. Their columns are meant to spark a conversation.</p>

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10 Oct

Live blog: Tom Rosenstiel on the future of news

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9 Oct

Live blog: Raising the bar on health policy reporting

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9 Oct

Live Chat: Age of WikiLeaks

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8 Oct

20 years out of j-school: Comparing journalism past and present

<p><em>Twenty years ago, field notes editor Nicole Blanchett Neheli graduated from Ryerson's journalism program. News practice has changed remarkably between now and then. Here, she looks at the past, present and future of an industry trying to grapple with a rapidly changing media landscape and lots of uncharted territory.</em></p>

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8 Oct

Live Chat: Best practices in live election coverage

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