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12 Sep

Globe public editor: More effort needed to run photos of women

<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_30.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>A reader from London, Ont., wrote this week to say she was annoyed with the weekend photo essay on the Toronto International Film Festival that featured eight photos: four centred on male stars, two fan photos and two showing the shoes of women stars.</p>

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12 Sep

CBC ombudsman: On matters of controversy represent both sides whenever possible

<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_42.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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10 Sep

Brunswick News ombudswoman: How a newspaper can be both opinionated and neutral

<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/Patricia Graham_13.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News Ombudswoman</strong></p><p>Covering elections brings special challenges to newsrooms. With so much at stake, parties and candidates put a lot of effort into managing the message and are acutely attuned to media coverage. Engaged readers can also be quick to point out actual or perceived imbalances in coverage.</p>

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10 Sep

Ombudsman: CBC News can’t alter the record

<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_40.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p><p>The complainant, Jiahao Wen, wanted CBC News online to take down a story involving him and his wife, who were charged with forging transit passes in Vancouver three years ago. The story was accurate and on the public record. CBC policy does not allow its removal.</p><p>COMPLAINT</p>

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8 Sep

Star public editor: Hack Attack a must-read for journalists

<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_47.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When a newsroom’s only ethical code is “get the story at any cost,” inevitably it will pay the price in the loss of its credibility.</p>

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5 Sep

Public editor: Why some words have accents in the Globe and others don’t

<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_32.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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3 Sep

CBC ombudsman: On loaded language

<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_38.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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2 Sep

Globe public editor: Why Rob Ford makes balanced coverage difficult

<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_30.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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2 Sep

Public editor quiz: Are you smarter than a Star journalist?

<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_43.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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25 Aug

CBC ombudsman: No bias here, just human error

<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_36.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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