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23 Jul

Why are we journalists so wussy and disorganized?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General Newsroom_3.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p><strong>By Mary Agnes Welch</strong></p><p>Why are we so wussy and disorganized?</p>

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23 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Choose your words carefully when ad libbing

<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/Esther Enkin_28.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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22 Jul

Media Musings: Don’t tell me there aren’t jobs in journalism

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Newsroom.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Jimmy Thomson</em></p><p><strong>By Joe Banks</strong></p><p>It has become a well-worn refrain: there are no jobs in journalism. It’s untrue, but never let truth, as the cliché goes, stand in the way of a good story.</p>

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22 Jul

Public editor: Globe readers often catch errors that others miss

<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/Sylvia Stead_22.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Globe and Mail readers are a smart bunch. They are well-educated, well-read and they spot errors that others don’t.</p>

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22 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Can there be harm from the message?

<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/Esther Enkin_26.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 Jul

Star public editor: Why journalists need confidential sources

<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_33.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Credibility in journalism depends on readers believing what journalists report.</p>

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21 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Getting both sides of the story

<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/Esther Enkin_24.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 Jul

Globe public editor: Wording about adoptive children was insensitive

<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/Sylvia Stead_20.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>An article about the Houston-area shooting that left two adults and four children dead this week prompted a reader to wonder why the story drew a distinction between biological and adopted children.</p><p>The article said, “All of the children were theirs, while two were adopted.”</p>

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18 Jul

Globe public editor: No excuse for the wrong illustration

<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_27.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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18 Jul

CBC ombudsman: How deep do you go?

<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/Esther Enkin_22.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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