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15 Feb

Call for participants for study on journalistic independence

<p> </p><p>A journalism educator and former journalist is seeking participants for a new study into journalism independence in Canadian newsrooms. </p><p>If you are a traditional or non-traditional journalist or are working in any phase of the journalistic process, and if you have experienced or know of anyone who has experienced any interference with the content of the journalism produced, I would like to hear from you.</p>

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5 Feb

Chronicle Herald restaurant reviewer request raises controversy

<p> </p><p><strong>By David Swick</strong></p><p>Journalism controversies rarely involve a newspaper restaurant reviewer. But then not many restaurant reviewers call up restaurants and request $200.</p>

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9 Jan

Toronto school board director Chris Spence admits to plagiarism in a Toronto Star op-ed

<p>Toronto Distrcit School Board director Chris Spence has admitted to having plagiarized parts of his <a href="http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/2013/01/05/without_school_sports_everyone_loses.html">Jan. 5 Toronto Star op-ed on sports in schools</a>.</p><p>Spence has penned an apology, <a href="http://www.tdsb.on.ca/_site/ViewItem.asp?siteid=10391&menuid=41252&pageid=34610">posted to the Toronto District School Board website</a>, in which he owns up to his actions:</p>

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13 Dec

The emotional commitment to objective journalism

<p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Impartiality and objectivity as bloodless norms is an absurd caricature, argues <strong>Stephen J.A. Ward</strong> in the latest issue of Media magazine. </em></p><p><strong>Intro by David McKie</strong></p>

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5 Dec

The intersection of politics, local news and the idea of journalists acting as citizens: Jill Winzoski’s firing

<p><em>The story of Jill Winzoski’s firing is a she-said, they-won’t-say kind of story. So where does the blame lie? <strong>Alexandra Posadzki </strong>gets the former Selkirk Record reporter’s side of the story and the opinion of a few ethics experts on the dos and don’ts of journalists expressing themselves as citizens and publications’ role in standing up for their reporters. </em></p><p><b>By Alexandra Posadzki</b></p>

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28 Nov

Winnipeg media, an Ikea party and the issue of freebies: CBC

<p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2012/11/27/mb-ikea-freeloading-jounralists-ethics-winnipeg.html?cmp=rss" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBC reports that members of the Winnipeg media attended an exclusive party</a> hosted by Ikea Monday evening:</p>

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25 Sep

J-Source’s Q&A with Carol Wainio

<p>Carol Wainio is a Canadian visual artist and adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. She has also been writing about the media and Canadian columnists for years on her blog, <a href="http://mediaculpapost.blogspot.ca/">Media Culpa</a>.

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25 Sep

The Globe and Mail disciplines columnist Margaret Wente, makes changes to senior management structure

<p> </p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em> editor-in-chief John Stackhouse responded to allegations that high-profile columnist Margaret Wente had made major journalistic errors on Monday evening, writing in <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/editor-in-chief-john-stackhouses-memo-to-globe-and-mail-staff-on-margaret-wente-allegations/article4565665/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a memo to staff </a>that Wente's 2009 column that gained notoriety in social media over the previous five days was "unacceptable."</p>

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21 Sep

Globe and Mail public editor responds to questions of Wente plagiarism

<p> </p><p><em>The Globe and Mail</em>’s public editor <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/community/inside-the-globe/public-editor-we-investigate-all-allegations-against-our-writers/article4559295/">Sylvia Stead has responded to questions of plagiarism</a> by Margaret Wente that were raised after a <a href="http://mediaculpapost.blogspot.ca/2012/09/margaret-wente-zero-for-plagiarism.html">Media Culpa blog post</a> detailing instances where the high-profile columnist supposedly failed to attribute properly became widely circulated.</p>

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20 Sep

Media Culpa blog raises questions of plagiarism by Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente

<p><strong>See also</strong>: <a href="http://j-source.ca/article/globe-and-mail-public-editor-responds-questions-wente-plagiarism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Globe and Mail public editor responds to questions of Wente plagiarism</a></p>

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