by Molika Ashford on Dec 17, 2009
NPR’s Planet Money Sponsored By Bank: Is That a Problem?
NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard focused her December 14 column on Planet Money, an NPR podcast/blog and its relationship to its monied-sponsor,...
Ombudsmen/Press Councils
by Molika Ashford on Jan 10, 2010
NYTPicker, David Pogue, Argue Over New York Times’ Policy on Conflicts of Interest
Though this isn't the first time the NYTPicker has criticized New York Times freelance writer David Pogue, recent exchanges seem to...
by Molika Ashford on Jan 22, 2010
Jeffrey Dvorkin Calls for “Cyberombudsmen”
We’ve talked before on iMediaEthics about the role of ombudsmen. As “readers editors,” ombudsmen are the switchboard for reader criticism and...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 05, 2010
Washington Post Responds to Increasing Reader Complaints
Only a month ago, Washington Post ombudsman Andrew Alexander apologized to readers for long lag times in correcting factual errors...
by Molika Ashford on Feb 21, 2010
PCC Complaints Against UK Daily Mail, Jan Moir Dismissed
This week, the UK Press Complaints Commission decided to reject complaints against Jan Moir’s obituary of Stephen Gately, leader of the...
by Molika Ashford on Mar 09, 2010
To Catch a Plagiarist, Set a Trap: More on Zachary Kouwe
In the aftermath of Zachary Kouwe’s plagiarism and departure from the New York Times, Clark Hoyt, the Times' reader’s editor...
by Sydney Smith on Mar 31, 2010
British Watchdog Group Press Complaints Commission Holds Spectator Blog to Journalistic Standards
The British Press Complaints Commission is holding a blog to the same journalistic standards as a news entity. That is, the...
by Sydney Smith on May 06, 2010
New York Times Public Editor Tired of Anonymous Sources
Editor & Publisher wrote – in an unsigned editorial May 19, 2003 – that the New York Times is addicted to...
by Sydney Smith on May 23, 2010
Washington Post’s Public Editor Says the Paper is Improving its Corrections System
The Washington Post’s public editor Andrew Alexander blogged May 18 that the newspaper’s corrections problem is finally improving Alexander wrote that “readers...