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28 Jul

Globe public editor: Obituaries pay tribute to notable lives but often with errors difficult to avoid

<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_24.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Of all the pages in a newspaper, the obituary page is the most likely to be kept, framed and shared. To have an obituary in The Globe is a tribute to those who have lived notable lives, and the writers and editors hate to see a mistake mar that honour.</p>

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25 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Kids can be seen and heard

<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_30.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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23 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Choose your words carefully when ad libbing

<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_28.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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22 Jul

Public editor: Globe readers often catch errors that others miss

<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_22.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Globe and Mail readers are a smart bunch. They are well-educated, well-read and they spot errors that others don’t.</p>

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22 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Can there be harm from the message?

<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_26.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 Jul

Star public editor: Why journalists need confidential sources

<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_33.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>Credibility in journalism depends on readers believing what journalists report.</p>

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21 Jul

CBC ombudsman: Getting both sides of the story

<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_24.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 Jul

Globe public editor: Wording about adoptive children was insensitive

<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_20.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>An article about the Houston-area shooting that left two adults and four children dead this week prompted a reader to wonder why the story drew a distinction between biological and adopted children.</p><p>The article said, “All of the children were theirs, while two were adopted.”</p>

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18 Jul

Globe public editor: No excuse for the wrong illustration

<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_27.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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18 Jul

CBC ombudsman: How deep do you go?

<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_22.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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