EDMONTON—Staff in the Alberta government’s so-called war room should stop calling themselves reporters, says the president of the Canadian Association of Journalists. “Don’t pretend that you’re doing journalism — because you’re not,” Karyn Pugliese said Tuesday from Winnipeg. Sources contacted for those stories have told media organizations, including The Canadian Press, that staff identified themselves on the phone as reporters. The energy centre did not reply to a request for comment Tuesday, but spokesman Grady Semmens has said that staff are “not advised” to use that term. It’s trying to win.”Pugliese said using the term reporter deliberately misrepresents the writer and the intent of the work.

Source: thestar December 24, 2019 18:42 UTC