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8 Jun

Ethics 2.0 – dos and don’ts of social media

<p><img align="Left" alt="twitter" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/twitter.jpg" style="width: 190px; height: 190px;" title="Twitter" vspace="5" /><span style="font-style: italic;">Do you fact-check all your retweets? Do you publish rumours, or gossip? Is it OK to have an opinion in your personal blog?

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8 Jun

How do you say mea culpa, 140 characters at a time?

<p><span style="font-style: italic;"><img align="Left" alt="Ivor Shapiro" border="0" hspace="5" src="http://www.journalismproject.ca/sites/www.j-source.ca/files/images/content_images/Ivor_new_headshot.JPG" style="width: 145px; height: 108px;" title="Ivor Shapiro" vspace="5" />In which </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Ivor Shapiro</span><span style="font-style: italic;">, an old-dog reporter who just happens to be J-Source's ethics editor, explains how he learned, first-hand, that the new tricks of real-time reporting can be perilous.

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7 Jun

CBC report on news balance

As part of its accountability mandate, CBC periodically analyzes its news content, published in an interim report called The News Balance Report. Findings include: 59% of CBC news anchors/programs are […]

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18 May

Is it ‘neutral’ to spread lies?

The Canadian Human Rights Commission has a 100 percent conviction rate for hate speech cases, and rights commissions routinely make bizarre decisions upholding, for instance, the right of fast-food workers […]

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13 May

Is mainstream media ignoring the Kagan issue?

The sexual preference of new U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan has become a political debate that’s lit up the blogosphere, PoynterOnline reports. So why is mainstream media skirting the […]

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11 May

McIntosh decision: cork the champagne, but uncap a beer

After nine years in court, the National Post has been ordered to hand over its Shawinigate document in a Supreme Court ruling that offers mixed results for the protection of […]

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7 May

Supreme Court rules on journalists’ right to protect confidential sources

The Supreme Court of Canada says journalists have no constitutional right to protect confidential sources, The Canadian Press reports. “The court has ruled 8-1 against the National Post in a […]

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6 May

The ethics of digital magazine advertising

With the rise of integrated magazine advertising – interactive ads, sponsored tweets, product links and video inserted into articles- the line between ads and editorial just got a whole lot […]

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5 May

The truth about Tiger

The accusations started soon after Tiger Woods’ extramarital activities hit the tabloids. Golf columnist Lorne Rubenstein dispels the myths around Tiger’s fall from grace. The interview room at the Augusta […]

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29 Apr

Buy a scoop, pay the consequences

Tech blog Gizmodo paid US$5,000 for its scoop on a next-generation iPhone. As result, police seized the editor’s computers and Apple is gearing up its ample legal team. The question […]

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