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Who Do They Think They Are?

When extraordinary writers prove fallible

To Save a Planet

Between despair and disaster

Campfire Confessional

Crushes, counsellors, and s’more

Kathy English

Kathy English, a former professor at Ryerson School of Journalism, is now the public editor of the Toronto Star.

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Getting The Meatball Recipe Right

The errors journalists make and their unwillingness to correct them May 2008
Imagine being the newspaper journalist assigned to write these mea culpas for publication in the daily corrections column: We regret the errors, indeed. As public editor of the Toronto Star, with responsibility for investigating, correcting and tracking the errors of Canada’s largest newspaper, I must admit I am glad I didn’t have to apologize for those particular…