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17 Jun

CBC ombudsman: It may not be nice, but that doesn’t make it unfair

<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_14.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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17 Jun

Brunswick News ombudswoman: How letters to the editor are picked

<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_7.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman</strong></p><p>I recently saw a video on social media in which an unidentified gentleman was complaining that his letters to the editor at a Brunswick News newspaper were subject to a word limit while commentary pieces were permitted to be much longer.</p>

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17 Jun

Globe public editor: Publishing Lac-Mégantic ‘perp walk’ photo does not endorse the practice

<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_23.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>Recently, The Globe’s front page showed three men who have been charged in the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy walking in handcuffs and single file to the courthouse.</p>

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17 Jun

CBC ombudsman: You can’t report what you don’t know but you can tell the public you don’t know it

<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_13.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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17 Jun

Ontario Press Council upholds complaint against Windsor Star

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Windsor Star_0.JPG" title="" /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em>Illustration courtesy of Eric Mark Do</em></p><p>Ontario Press Council Decision </p><p><strong>Matter Regarding</strong>:  Tunks vs Windsor Star<em>- </em>Article entitled<em>:  Man convicted of running marijuana ‘factory’</em>, by Sarah Sacheli, published January 30, 2014 (2014-06)</p><p><strong><u>Decision:</u></strong></p>

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16 Jun

Brunswick News ombudswoman: Should newspapers cover suicide?

<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_5.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /> <strong>By Patricia Graham, ombudswoman for Brunswick News Inc.</strong></p>

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16 Jun

Globe public editor: When should a person’s age be included in an article?

<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_12.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p>

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16 Jun

CBC ombudsman: One sign one time is not bias

<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_12.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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16 Jun

Star public editor: High school newspaper award winner Jolson Lim is journalism’s future

<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_29.JPG" style="font-size: 10px;" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of <em>The Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div style="clear:none;"><p>When last year’s labour dispute between Ontario and its teachers shut down extracurricular activities in schools, high school newspaper editor Jolson Lim was determined to keep his presses running.</p>

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12 Jun

Ombudsman: Should Brunswick News have taken down its paywall following the Moncton shootings?

<p><img alt="" class="imagecache-large inline-image" src="http://j-source.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/imagecache/large/images/Brunswick News_2.JPG" title="" /></p><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_3.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Patricia Graham, Brunswick News ombudswoman </strong></p>

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