EDITORIAL INTEGRITY. 13.01 Except for columns and opinion pieces, the Employer shall not use bylines over an employee's protest.
13.02 Prior to publishing a clarification, correction or apology, a reasonable effort will be made by the Employer to discuss the matter with the Employee whose work is under dispute. When the work of an employee becomes the subject of a letter to the editor, whenever possible, the employee shall be given a copy of such opinion, prior to publication allowing them the right to discuss the letter. The employer retains the final decision as to when and whether the opinion is published.
13.03 An Employee, upon request of the employer, shall be required to give up custody of and disclose to the employer all knowledge, information, notes, records, documents, films, photographs or tapes relating to their employment together with the source thereof, such material being the property of the newspaper. Except in the case of a court order, the employer agrees not to release same to any other person without first thoroughly examining with the employee the reason for its release. The Employer shall meet all expenses of any legal proceeding that arises from the good faith performance of the employee’s duties or from publication of materials produced by the employee for the Mercury. In addition the Employer would insure employees engaged in such legal proceedings would see their wages and benefits maintained during that process.
13.04 The Employer will continue to hold monthly meetings with editorial staff to discuss issues of editorial integrity and other matters involving the news operation at the Mercury.
13.05 On the basis of the rates of compensation established in this Agreement, the Employer has the full right to use and/or reuse, in any manner, form or medium that the Employer chooses, all material produced for the Mercury by the employees during their employment with the Mercury.
EDITORIAL INTEGRITY. (a) Except for columns and opinion pieces, the Employer shall not use bylines over the employee's protest.
(b) Whenever substantive changes are made to editorial content produced by an employee, an effort will be made to discuss the changes with the employee before publication or sale of the content, in any format, by the Chatham Daily News or any entity associated with Sun Media or Quebecor Media. If the discussion does not take place, or the employee wishes to withhold his or her byline or credit, the byline or credit shall not be used.
(c) Articles written or photograph(s) taken by employees on their own time that would be of news interest to the newspaper, shall first be offered to the Employer for use in its publication. Employer acceptance or rejection of articles or photographs shall, in the case of breaking news, be given within twenty-four (24) hours of notification to the Employer. Response to other content shall be given within five days of notification. Where the Employer has rejected an article or photograph, the employee may submit it to a non- competing publication. Compensation for articles and photographs used shall be a minimum of one hour’s pay at the overtime rate.
(d) The Employer will not publish letters to the editor or other material critical of employees without first making a reasonable attempt to contact the employee concerned.
(e) On the basis of the rates of compensation established in this contract the Employer is the owner of all copyrights on all material produced by editorial employees in the course of their employment with The Chatham Daily News and has the full right to reproduce, publish, translate, broadcast, distribute, archive, sell or license this material in any manner, form or medium that the Employer chooses, including electronic form and Internet. It is agreed that any employee producing content or material waives any and all rights, including moral rights, with regard to that content or material.
EDITORIAL INTEGRITY. (a) Except for columns and opinion pieces, the Employer shall not use bylines over the employee's protest.
(b) Whenever substantive changes are made in a reporter's story, an effort will be made to discuss the changes before publication of the story, failing which the by-line shall not be used.
(c) Articles written or photograph(s) taken by employees on their own time that would be of news interest to the newspaper, shall first be offered to the Employer for use in its publication. Employer acceptance or rejection of articles or photographs shall, in the case of breaking news, be given within twenty-four (24) hours of notification to the Employer. Response to other content shall be given within five days of notification. Where the Employer has rejected an article or photograph, the employee may submit it to a non- competing publication. Compensation for articles and photographs used shall be a minimum of one hour’s pay at the overtime rate.
(d) The Employer will not publish letters to the editor or other material critical of employees without first making a reasonable attempt to contact the employee concerned.
(e) On the basis of rate of compensation established in this Agreement, the Employer has full right to use and/or reuse in any manner, form, or medium that the employer chooses, all material produced for the Daily News by the employees during their employment with the Employer.
