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13 Jan

Star public editor: If readers were the editor 2013

<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_11.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>A record number of readers — more than 5,500 — weighed in on the <em>Star’s </em>recent annual <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2013/12/27/rob_ford_queen_elizabeth_and_the_walking_dead_you_be_the_editor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">You be the Editor</a> challenge.</p>

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10 Jan

Globe public editor: When photo captions go wrong

<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_35.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Great photo captions are like poetry, or a funny tweet. They grab your attention with few words, make you think and with luck do it with humour or insight.</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: Reporting vs. opinion

<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_33.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>In the newspaper, readers generally understand the difference between news reporting and commentary. Comments and opinions are either set up differently with a columnist's picture or grouped together on comment pages.</p><p>Online is a trickier proposition.</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: An unfair photo of our Prime Minister?

<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_31.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>When is a news photo of a politician an unfair choice and when does it back up the point of an article?</p>

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7 Jan

Globe public editor: The “first” airplane hijacking in Canada

<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_29.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>It can be risky to write about an incident or person being “the first” or “the only.” Even if you are quite convinced you are right based on extensive research, there should be a slight doubt.</p>

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6 Jan

Globe public editor: A look back at the Globe’s mistakes in 2013

<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_27.JPG" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></div><p>The end of the year is often a time of soul-searching, taking stock and, for anyone who works with words, the moment to look back at cringe-inducing typos, clarifications and corrections.</p>

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6 Jan

Star public editor: If you were editor of the Star, what would you have done differently in 2013?

<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_9.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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6 Jan

Star public editor: 2013 in corrections

<p> </p><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_7.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the<em> Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>In a year dominated by coverage of Mayor Rob Ford and his numerous newsworthy antics, <em>the Star</em>, to its credit, got all the important Ford facts right with no significant corrections required.</p>

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19 Dec

Globe public editor: The importance of diversity in photos

<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_25.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>A reader wrote to me this week on the lack of racial diversity in photos, especially in Saturday’s <em>Globe</em>.</p>

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17 Dec

CBC ombudsman: When providing a source’s credentials, how much is enough?

<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_23.jpg" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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