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2 Sep

Toronto Sun responds to plagiarism accusation

The hockey blogosphere has accused the Toronto Sun of plagiarism, calling the traditional media clueless when it comes to understanding new media. Toronto Sun editor-in-chief James Wallace responds.J-Source reported yesterday […]

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1 Sep

Should newspapers publish photos of dead bodies?

A Prince George newspaper published a photo of a murder victim lying in a pool of blood. Was it the right thing to do? In a post for the blog […]

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1 Sep

Hockey blog accuses Toronto Sun of plagiarism

The Toronto Sun has been accused of plagiarizing a Maple Leaf blog’s translation of an article written in Czech. UPDATE: Toronto Sun editor-in-chief James Wallace has written a reply to […]

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31 Aug

Why we don’t cover Pakistan

With 17 million people now homeless – and a looming food crisis – the floods in Pakistan is an important international story. Why isn’t it being treated like one? Claude […]

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30 Aug

Undercover cop posed as journalist

An undercover cop, posing as a journalist, convinced a prisoner to trust her, promising that anything he told her wouldn’t be used in court. She lied. Now, the CAJ, CBC and […]

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29 Aug

NY Times boss outlines accountability measures

The New York Times‘s various mechanisms for accountability to readers and subjects, include, according to its executive editor, not just the public editor but a managing editor and associate editor […]

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27 Aug

A journalist by any other name…

It’s becoming harder to define who – and what – a journalist is. What should we call this new breed of information gatherers? And why does it matter? In an […]

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27 Aug

How the media covered the BP spill

A new study examines 2,900 American media stories about the Gulf oil spill disaster, from the day of the oil rig explosion to the day after BP CEO Tony Hayward’s […]

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24 Aug

How to reveal secrets

Whistleblowing can afflict the comfortable, but can also do more harm than good, Stephen J.A. Ward writes. When will sites like WikiLeaks produce a code of ethics? Not long ago, […]

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23 Aug

Guidelines for re-posting stories

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