by Sydney Smith on Jul 31, 2019
Don’t say ‘wheelchair-bound,’ Canadian newspaper reminds
The Chilliwack Progress, a British Columbia newspaper, reminded staff not to use the term "wheelchair-bound" and to be careful with...
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by Sydney Smith on Jul 16, 2019
Straitjacket cartoon inappropriate, Toronto Star public editor says
The Toronto Star published a cartoon depicting politician Lisa MacLeod in a straitjacket. That was inappropriate, Toronto Star Kathy English...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 14, 2019
Canadian cartoonist loses gig after Trump migrants cartoon
Canadian newspaper chain Brunswick News cut ties with cartoonist Michael de Adder. The announcement came after his cartoon depicting Pres....
by Sydney Smith on Jul 10, 2019
Canadian Press wasn’t ‘manipulated’ by anonymous sources, news council finds
News agency the Canadian Press didn't break press guidelines for using anonymous sources in a story on dental care for...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 19, 2019
Toronto Sun called nurse ‘poverty pimp,’ claim unfair
It was unfair for the Toronto Sun to call Canadian street nurse and advocate for the homeless Cathy Crowe a...
by Sydney Smith on May 28, 2019
Another online comments section shuts down
The website for 1A, a program on WAMU 88.5, American University Radio, which is Washington D.C.'s National Public Radio station,...
by Sydney Smith on May 02, 2019
Canadian student newspaper settles lawsuit, retracts calling politician racist
Canadian student publication The Gateway apologized to politician Kerry Diotte, a member of Parliament, for referring to him as a...
by Sydney Smith on Apr 30, 2019
Canadian TV news adds editor’s note: customer at weed store was store’s publicist
Canadian TV news station CP24 interviewed a woman who said she was the first customer at Toronto's first marijuana store...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 26, 2019
New Zealand mosque attacks: Globe & Mail ‘understated’ in print edition, Toronto Star needs terrorism guidelines
Days after the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques terrorism attacks, public editors for both the Globe and Mail and the Toronto...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 19, 2019
Canadian Press article misused anonymous sources
Wire service The Canadian Press published an article featuring anonymously sourced attacks on Jody Wilson-Raybould, a Canadian member of Parliament....