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9 Jun

Globe public editor: More on political titles during election campaigns

<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_21.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>There are many passionate advocates for Canadian political parties and some who believe that the news media are biased against their particular party or view.</p>

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3 Jun

Globe public editor: Why we don’t refer to Kathleen Wynne as premier

<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" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>During the Ontario election campaign, Kathleen Wynne should rarely be referred to as Premier. She is the provincial Liberal Leader until the voters decide on June 12 who will lead the province.</p>

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2 Jun

Why the Hamilton Spectator revised its code of conduct on anonymous sources

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Hamilton Spectator_2.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p><strong>By Jim Poling</strong></p><p>At the <em>Hamilton Spectator</em>, our newsroom, like many across the country, has had much discussion about the use of anonymous sources.</p>

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2 Jun

Star public editor: Do we need more transparency in corrections?

<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_27.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Corrections published in the Toronto Star never tell you the whole story about how an error occurred and who caused the mistake.</p>

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30 May

Should journalists use anonymous secret-sharing apps?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Whisper_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo illustration by Skye Anderson</em></p><p><strong>By Skye Anderson</strong></p><p>There’s a big difference between gossip mongering and journalism. But where there is smoke, there is often a fire and it’s imperative journalists check.</p><p>Enter the popular anonymous secret-sharing app <a href="http://whisper.sh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whisper</a>.</p>

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30 May

CBC ombudsman: Balancing Kevin O’Leary

<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_8.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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29 May

Some kittens, boobs and Anna Kournikova got into a story meeting: what happened next will bring you to tears

<p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium/images/Anna K_0.JPG" title="" /><em>Photo courtesy of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/">Wikimedia Commons</a></em></p><p><strong>By Paul Benedetti, Editor-at-large</strong></p>

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29 May

Globe public editor: It’s not marriage, it’s slavery

<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_7.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>One of the more shocking things happening in the world today is the abduction of more than 100 Nigerian girls by Boko Haram Islamists. The students, aged 12 to 17, were forced onto a convoy of trucks and while some have escaped, others have been either held hostage or sold into slavery.</p>

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29 May

Public editor: Why the Star uses accents only on French words and names

<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_25.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Fernando Gonçalves wants to know what the Toronto Star has against the tilde.</p>

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27 May

Why one journalist made the leap into branded content

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/General Newsroom_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Photo courtesy of Matt Meuse</em></p><p><strong>By Robert Delaney</strong></p>

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