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26 May

CBC ombudsman: One point of view at a time works for achieving balance

<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_6.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC Ombudsman</strong></p>

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22 May

Globe public editor: More feedback on vague and troubling phrases

<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_5.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The debate over the phrase “known to police” continued online, on social media and in my inbox this weekend.</p><p>A number of people made the good point that it is not clear what the phrase means to the police or the readers.</p>

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22 May

Star public editor: Mindset matters in mental health reporting

<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_23.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div><div><div><div style="clear:none;"><p>In writing the haunting story of a young man who killed his mother in the middle of a psychotic episode, Star reporter Amy Dempsey was well aware of the challenges for journalists in writing about mental illness.</p>

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21 May

CBC ombudsman: Common sense and conflict of interest

<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_11.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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21 May

Globe public editor: Does ‘known to police’ imply guilt?

<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_18.JPG" title="" />A reader recently took The Globe and Mail to task for using the phrase “known to police.”</p><p>It showed up in an article last month about a rapper who was killed in what Toronto police described as “brazen” gunfire after a car chase early in the morning. Police said the man was known to police and lived a high-risk, criminal lifestyle.</p>

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21 May

Public editor: The rites and wrongs of spring—the Star’s blooming bungle

<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_21.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public Editor for the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p><div><div><div><div style="clear:none;"><p>In the seasons of our lives, the blossoming of spring is our annual rite of hope.</p>

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13 May

Globe public editor: A new standard set for reporting on mental health

<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_3.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor of <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma has unveiled <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/journalismforum.ca/mindset-mediaguide-ca/mindset-media-guide-eng" title="">an excellent guide on reporting on mental health</a> that offers great advice to all working journalists.</p>

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6 May

CBC ombudsman: It’s all about context

<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_4.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Esther Enkin, CBC ombudsman</strong></p>

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5 May

Star public editor: Journalists, sources and informed consent

<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_19.JPG" title="" /><strong>By Kathy English, public editor of the <em>Toronto Star</em></strong></p>

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1 May

Globe public editor: The case for paying for Rob Ford photographs

<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_2.JPG" title="" /> <strong>By Sylvia Stead, public editor for <em>The Globe and Mail</em></strong></p><p>The Globe and Mail did something that I think has not happened before, and that was to pay a source $10,000 for a series of photographs showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what was described by a drug dealer as crack cocaine. The payment was to an admitted drug dealer.</p>

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