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7 Oct

Book Review: Guerilla Nation brings to life the challenges faced by the first western journalist reporting from North Vietnam

<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/Guerille Nation_0.JPG" title="" />Michael Maclear | Guerilla Nation | Dundurn | Paperback $19.99</p><p><strong>Reviewed by David Common, host of CBC’s <em>World Report</em></strong></p>

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7 Oct

Star public editor: A clear case of in-house plagiarism

<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_4.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor at the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>As I’ve written in the past, any allegation of plagiarism in the <em>Toronto Star</em> is always cause for serious concern.</p>

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4 Oct

Live blog: Journalism: How It’s Done, Where It’s Headed

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2 Oct

CBC ombudsman: Decision to air interview with Ottawa bus driver’s widow was correct

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

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2 Oct

Public editor: How the Globe discovers and corrects errors

<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_20.jpg" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>If you are a fan of page A2 in the paper and the corrections online, you will be interested to know how we find out about errors.</p>

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1 Oct

Political cover wraps disguised as articles may be the latest step in evolution of newspapers

<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/Dexter_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Neal Ozano</strong></p>

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1 Oct

Know the rules about publication ban before covering the courts

<p><em>This is the final part of a weekly four-part series on legal issues journalists should be cognizant about as they embark on their careers. Read <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/what-j-students-need-know-about-protecting-anonymous-sources">Part 1 on anonymous sources</a>, <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/what-journalists-need-know-about-newsgathering-and-individual%E2%80%99s-right-privacy">Part 2 on privacy</a> and <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/journalists-who-trespass-case-law-murky-both-physical-and-digital-trespass">Part 3 on trespass</a>.</em></p>

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1 Oct

Highlights: How to land your dream internship in a newsroom

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30 Sep

Star public editor: Journalists embrace cause of human rights

<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_2.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>When a then 25-year-old Ben Peterson launched a global media development organization called <a href="http://www.jhr.ca/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Journalists for Human Rights</a> in 2002, he faced his share of critics, skeptics and naysayers.</p>

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30 Sep

Globe public editor: Time to find a different word to describe Bernardo’s victims

<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_3.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>We all know that our language changes constantly. Words come in and out of fashion.</p>

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