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13 Mar

Globe public editor: Gender and photo selection

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_69.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Here’s a little quiz.</p>

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13 Mar

Star public editor: Should the Star publish anonymous letters?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Kathy English_2_1_21.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>The reader’s letter to the editor was thoughtful and made an important point about depression and children in a powerfully personal way.</p><p>But, you did not read it on the Letters page because the Star decided not to publish it.</p>

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3 Mar

CBC ombudsman: Is it acceptable to focus on one side of a story?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Enkin_13_1_37.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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3 Mar

Globe public editor: Why the words we choose matter

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_67.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The words you choose matter, and there were two examples this week that have provoked debate.</p>

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24 Feb

Star public editor: Should getting a message across ever trump accuracy?

<div style="clear:none;"><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Kathy English_2_1_19.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>In expounding on the news as our religion, <a href="http://alaindebotton.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">philosopher Alain de Botton</a> suggests that journalism’s commitment to accuracy could, at times, be sacrificed on the altar of some higher purpose of persuasion.</p>

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24 Feb

Globe public editor: Even disturbing photos tell a story

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_65.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>“I suppose the intent was to shock, but you crossed the line.” That is what one unhappy reader had to say about a photo on last Wednesday’s front page.</p>

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24 Feb

Globe public editor: How should countries be ranked in the Olympics?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_61.JPG" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></div><p>A reader asked this week why <em>The Globe and Mail</em> doesn’t use the official Olympic method of ranking countries when presenting medal counts.</p>

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18 Feb

Public editor: Why the Star published secret Conservative party documents

<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_14.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>There was a time, not so long ago, before the dawn of the Internet era, when the secret documents of politicians and public officials arrived in newsrooms in brown envelopes sent from anonymous sources.</p>

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18 Feb

Globe public editor: The PM and the floating hockey stick explained

<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_12.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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13 Feb

Globe public editor: The Bilodeaus’ bond deserves the full story

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-medium-left inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/medium-left/images/Stead_6_1_1_59.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>My favourite part of the Olympics Games are the human stories behind the medal counts and athleticism.</p>

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