Bruce Campion-Smith

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Recent work

• Canadians are clearly avoiding the U.S. This is what Americans will have to do to repair the riftOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 17, 2026
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Reflections on my time as the Star’s public editorOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 28, 2022
• Opinion | Reflections on my time as the Star’s public editorOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 28, 2022
• Opinion | Star bogeys on display of weekend golf results, readers sayOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 16, 2022
• Opinion | Star adopts a new approach to reviewing old storiesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 5, 2022
• Opinion | ‘Clearly there are stories we’re not telling’: Study seeks to improve diversity in news sourcesOpinion · Toronto Star · May 12, 2022
• Opinion | ‘That's what made Russia angry enough to hunt us down’: The risks of reporting in UkraineOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 28, 2022
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Official residence reno headline irks readersOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 31, 2022
• Opinion | Official residence reno headline irks readersOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 31, 2022
• Opinion | Trusted journalism as the ‘coastal defences’ against misinformationOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 24, 2022
• Opinion | ‘We are the antidote against tyranny’: Russian crackdown shows critical importance of a free and diverse mediaOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 10, 2022
• Opinion | How do journalists reach those suspicious of media? First, by reporting fully and fairlyOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 3, 2022
• Opinion | Threats against journalists undermine democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 10, 2022
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Threats against journalists undermine democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 10, 2022
• Threats against journalists undermine democracyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 10, 2022
• Opinion | The Star’s pandemic coverage fuels reader feedbackOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 3, 2022
• Opinion | Star readers weigh in: Full results from the 2021 You Be the Editor surveyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 27, 2022
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Star readers weigh in: Full results from the 2021 You Be the Editor surveyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 27, 2022
• Opinion | Star story on Ryerson’s law school needed additional contextOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 21, 2022
• Opinion | Star readers weigh in on ‘gypsy moths’ and ‘deaf ears’Opinion · Toronto Star · Jan 13, 2022
• Opinion | The year in corrections, 2021 editionOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 6, 2022
• Opinion | You be the editor: What would you do if you were in the editor’s seat?Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 24, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: You be the editor: What would you do if you were in the editor’s seat?Opinion · Toronto Star · Dec 24, 2021
• Opinion | Survey on diversity in Canadian newsrooms lays bare a stark truth — they aren’tOpinion · Toronto Star · Dec 2, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Pregnancy and a step toward inclusive languageOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 18, 2021
• Opinion | Pregnancy and a step toward inclusive languageOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 18, 2021
• Opinion | Readers put a premium on fair, unbiased journalismOpinion · Toronto Star · Nov 4, 2021
• Opinion | Mailbag: Impostors posing as Star journalists, complaints about our sports coverage and other reader feedbackOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 21, 2021
• Opinion | The public’s right to know is at stake when journalists are denied accessOpinion · Toronto Star · Oct 7, 2021
• Opinion | News organizations put climate change in the spotlightOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 23, 2021
• Opinion | ‘There isn’t anything bigger’: The Star’s editorial team prepares for election dayOpinion · Toronto Star · Sep 16, 2021
• Toronto Star front-page design exacerbated division between readers. Greater care should have been takenOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2021
• Opinion | Toronto Star front-page design exacerbated division between readers. Greater care should have been takenOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2021
• Toronto Star front-page design exacerbated division between readers. Greater care should have been takenOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 27, 2021
• Opinion | Taliban takeover puts Afghan journalists in grave dangerOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 25, 2021
• Opinion | Elections underscore the public service mission of journalismOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 19, 2021
• Opinion | Olympic moments spur conversations around mental healthOpinion · Toronto Star · Aug 5, 2021
• Opinion | Readers fault Star Week’s Olympic coverage for neglecting Canada’s athletesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 29, 2021
• Opinion | University research could point the way to more inclusive journalismOpinion · Toronto Star · Jul 1, 2021
• Opinion | Remembering the victims is vital when tragedy strikesOpinion · Toronto Star · Jun 10, 2021
• Opinion | Newsroom photo edit of a police officer’s name tag put reader trust at riskOpinion · Toronto Star · May 27, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Newsroom photo edit of a police officer’s name tag put reader trust at riskOpinion · Toronto Star · May 27, 2021
• Opinion | Online abuse of women journalists is a crisis we can no longer ignoreOpinion · Toronto Star · May 13, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Online abuse of women journalists is a crisis we can no longer ignoreOpinion · Toronto Star · May 13, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: 2020 was a bad year for journalists. They were assaulted, imprisoned and even murdered for their reportingOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 29, 2021
• Opinion | 2020 was a bad year for journalists. They were assaulted, imprisoned and even murdered for their reportingOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 29, 2021
• Opinion | Vaccine ‘envy’ and editorial cartoons mocking AstraZeneca prompt reader backlashOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 16, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: Building public trust is a critical job for news outletsOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 9, 2021
• Opinion | Building public trust is a critical job for news outletsOpinion · Toronto Star · Apr 9, 2021
• Opinion | Measuring the vaccine rollout one dose at a timeOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 25, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: An astrologer’s recycled predictionsOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 18, 2021
• Opinion | An astrologer’s recycled predictionsOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 18, 2021
• Opinion | Readers react to a columnist’s takedown of Taylor SwiftOpinion · Toronto Star · Mar 12, 2021
• Opinion | A doughnut road trip strikes a nerve with readersOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 26, 2021
• Bruce Campion-Smith: ‘Epidemic of misinformation’ is eroding trust in institutions and media, finds a new surveyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 19, 2021
• Opinion | ‘Epidemic of misinformation’ is eroding trust in institutions and media, finds a new surveyOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 19, 2021
• Opinion | Facebook and Google dig in over proposed Australian law to have them pay for news contentOpinion · Toronto Star · Feb 5, 2021
• Opinion | Star readers weigh in: Results of the You Be the Editor surveyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 29, 2021
• Opinion | Star readers have their say in annual You Be the Editor surveyOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 22, 2021
• Opinion | A new president puts a priority on truth and the factsOpinion · Toronto Star · Jan 19, 2021