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27 Jan

CBSC rules news interview breached privacy rights

A TV news report that used an interview clip against the source’s wishes was a breach of privacy, The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has ruled. A story about a […]

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20 Jan

Toronto Star’s “You be the Editor” challenge reveals why we don’t let the public edit newspapers

In the Toronto Star’s annual “You be the Editor” challenge, public editor Kathy English enlisted readers to decide whether they would “publish” or “not publish” certain judgements the Star newsroom […]

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14 Jan

Toronto radio station puts extremist on air

<p><img align="Left" alt="Dean Blundell" border="0" height="140" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/dean_blundell.jpg" title="Dean Blundell" vspace="5" width="129" />After learning that a group of religious extremists planned to picket the funerals of Arizona shooting victims -- starting with the services for 9-year-old Christina Green -- Toronto rock radio station 102.1 The Edge offered them airtime on the Dean Blundell show yesterday <a href="http://www.edge.ca/DJsandShows/TheDeanBlundellShow/Main.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in exchange for calling off the protest.</

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11 Jan

CBSC rules reporting crash victim would “likely die” not misleading

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) has published its decision about a story about a fatal highway head-on collision broadcast by CTV British Columbia. The CBSC ruled that the reporter […]

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11 Jan

New wiki proposes elements of “responsible” journalism

What is “responsible” journalism? Celebrating the first anniversary of an epochal Canadian libel judgment that will see this question litigated for years to come, a group of graduate students has […]

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6 Jan

How to ensure accuracy: checklists

The best way to ensure accuracy in journalism? Craig Silverman of Regret the Error is a huge champion of the checklist, which inspired Steve Buttry of TBD to create a […]

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21 Dec

Scenes of a slippery death

The death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, just hours before the 2010 Winter Olympics launched, sparked questions about sports safety—and a debate over TV footage choices. As Connie Monk reports, […]

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14 Dec

“Let’s kill Julian Assange!” WikiLeaks and the power of patriotism

Last week, two prominent US columnists called for the death of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. This knee-jerk patriotism — that loving your country means not embarrassing your government — undermines […]

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14 Dec

News flash: strippers smoke semi-nude!

When he published pictures of workers, dressed in the uniform of their trade, taking time out between shifts, the Torontoist news site’s editor found himself at the centre of a […]

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2 Dec

Explainer.net to teach journos how to explain better

ProPublica and New York University launch Explainer.net, which aims to improve the way journalists explain their stories. Investigative journalism non-profit ProPublica has paired with New York University’s innovation in journalism […]

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