Leaked internal memo on election coverage roils journalists at Toronto Sun
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Friday, April 20, 2018
The leaked memo, which was not shared with the newsroom,has now resulted in disparaging public comments about the independence of Toronto Sun journalists.
Key Points:
- The leaked memo, which was not shared with the newsroom,has now resulted in disparaging public comments about the independence of Toronto Sun journalists.
- The union representing the Toronto Sun newsroom rejects any notion the newspaper's award-winning multimedia journalists would sacrifice their journalistic integritybased on the newspaper's editorial policy.
- "This memo names reporters and their proposed duties in shaping coverage," said Zen Ruryk, assistant city editor and union co-chair at the Toronto Sun.
- Journalists at the Toronto Sun are members of Unifor Local 87-M, which represents some 2,000 media workers across Ontario, including at the Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star.