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29 Mar

A Guardian audit, an “ethics examiner”, a slugger’s coverage and other rewards of an hour with a journal.

Sometimes I wonder why I still subscribe to academic journals in print, but tonight is not such a time. True, sooner or later, every journal’s content will be available in […]

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29 Mar

Should journalists defend WikiLeaks’ whistleblower?

By now, everyone knows who Julian Assange is. The controversial WikiLeaks founder has made headlines around the world. But what about Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army private accused of releasing […]

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25 Mar

Should a news agency have its own army?

In a column for Maclean’s, Colby Cosh has plenty of praise for al-Jazeera, but worries there’s an ethical issue involving its owner’s recent pledge to fight against Libya. Cosh prefaces […]

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25 Mar

China isn’t censoring Shakespeare: Blogger factchecks NYT lede

Shanghai-based American writer Adam Minter, writing for his blog Shanghai Scrap, did a bit of factchecking into a New York Times lede that claimed China was censoring Shakespeare quotes said […]

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24 Mar

CBC reporter won’t have to reveal sources to newspaper

The Yukon Supreme Court will not force a CBC News reporter to reveal her sources, CBC reports. The Yukon News had requested that reporter Nancy Thomson turn over the identities […]

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21 Mar

EyeWeekly calls out media, Maclean’s for “escort v. hooker” article

In an article for EyeWeekly, Kate Carraway calls out Maclean’s humour columnist Scott Feschuk for an listicle he wrote earlier today titled “Escort v. Hooker: How do they compare?” (The […]

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18 Mar

Washington Post suspends Pulitzer-winning reporter for plagiarism

Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter Sari Horwitz has been suspended for plagiarizing “substantial parts” of two recent news articles published by newspaper The Arizona Republic. The Post reports that “Horwitz […]

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17 Mar

Court to rule on CBC reporter’s right to protect sources

In a unique case for media law, next week Fred Kozak, president of the Canadian Media Lawyers Association, will defend a CBC reporter’s journalist-source privilege — against another media outlet. […]

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15 Mar

Journalist offered bribe to unpublish story

Toronto Star fashion journalist David Graham was recently offered a bribe to make a story disappear from the Star’s archives. Public editor Kathy English writes about a Toronto Star first: […]

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15 Mar

The competiton’s editor is going to court. Do you write the story?

Question: I have been covering court for my weekly newspaper for just over four years. Recently the editor of the competing newspaper was charged with impaired driving and failure/refusing to […]

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