journalism ethics

Why the Leveson inquiry put the romcom star in the spotlight

Phone hacking, now pedophilia. The Imperfectionists author Tom Rachman dissects the U.K. media mess.

In January, the Globe and Mail appointed longtime editor and correspondent Sylvia Stead its first “public editor”. What say we pause right there, before we go any further? The job of “public editor” is one most closely associated with the New York Times, which has had five different people doing the job since it created a post with that title in 2003—soon after the Jayson Blair fabrication scandal. The function of the public editor at the Times, as the title suggests, is to advocate for journalism ethics, fairness, and proper practice on behalf of the paper’s readership, dealing with concerns and challenges as they arise.

Could we all please just respect journalism ethics?