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16 Dec

Star public editor: Who should be called “Dr.”?

<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_5.JPG" title="" /><p><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for <em>the Toronto Star</em></strong></p><p>Who is entitled to the title of Dr. in the pages of <em>the Toronto Star</em>?</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>Should a doctor of medicine (MD) always be referred to as “Dr.?” What about a dentist, a veterinarian, an optometrist, a podiatrist?</p>

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12 Dec

Globe public editor: Journalists need to have a thick skin, but Rob Ford took it too far

<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_23.JPG" title="" /></p><p><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of The Globe and Mail</strong></p><p>In my 20 years or so as an editor responsible for working with this newspaper’s legal counsel, I’ve heard from a few reporters who are so angry with comments made about them, they want to sue for libel or slander.</p>

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9 Dec

Globe public editor: A behind the scenes look at our Mandela coverage

<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_10.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of The Globe and Mail</strong></p><p>Even though the announcement of Nelson Mandela’s death was made in the late afternoon, much of what you read in the newspaper has been prepared for weeks, months and in some cases years.</p>

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9 Dec

Globe public editor: Here’s what readers would ask Rob Ford

<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_8.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>I asked readers to be reporters for the day and offer (up to) five questions they have for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford. The questions were personal, political and some I haven’t included because they really should be directed instead to the police and the courts.</p>

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9 Dec

Star public editor: Journalists honoured in Toronto for pursuit of truth

<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_11.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the Toronto Star</strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>“I am a journalist and my job is to tell the truth.”</p></div><div style="clear:none;"><p>The mission and motto of any journalist, anywhere, does not get any simpler than that.</p>

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4 Dec

CBC ombudsman: In ongoing coverage, balance can be achieved over time

<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_21.jpg" title="" /></p><div><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></div><p>The complainant, Chris Brown, was concerned that CBC radio coverage of the negotiations for a deal to limit Iran’s ability to create bomb grade uranium did not consistently mention that Israel has nuclear capability. He felt this showed bias in coverage.</p>

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