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In the News...

"We’re getting the big stories wrong, over and over again."
-- CBS News Anchor and Managing Editor Scott Pelley
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Latest Tweets from @NewsOmbuds

  • 18 May 2013
    Public editor: Was The Globe’s B.C. election coverage balanced? /via @globeandmail http://t.co/QkPN8t59QN
  • 17 May 2013
    RT @JohnJHarwood: Larger journalism problem now than when my Dad cited it as 1st WaPo ombudsman 43 yrs ago: "tendency to make big pictures …
  • 10 May 2013
    RT @globeandmail: Public editor: Readers weigh in on whether to name Amanda Berry’s daughter http://t.co/sRfT6yjmIc (by @SylviaStead)
  • 10 May 2013
    Too much information about rape, says college ombud. http://t.co/griG4g5PA8
  • 10 May 2013
    Ststion sorry for criminal record report on hero. http://t.co/wt5qpUDPNd

 This Month’s Featured Ombudsmen

Kathy English -- Toronto Star
Yavuz Baydar -- Sabah
Suzana Singer -- Folha (English version)
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Firing blanks in description of gun?

Viewers question the accuracy of a statement by former New York City Police Commissioner Howard Safir on the recent PBS documentary “After Newtown: Guns in America.” The statement involved the description of the “Street Sweeper” shotgun with a 100-round magazine.

PBS Ombudsman Michael Getler looked into the matter and says he finds it awkward to doubt the answers of a big city police commissioner about guns, yet he still doesn’t have documented evidence to back up the commissioner’s statement.

Therefore, says Getler, “I’m on the side of the viewers on this one.”

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Ombud’s work not always welcome

Major American newspapers like The New York Times employ editors who are supposed to mediate between journalists and readers. But the work of the ombudspeople is not welcome everywhere.

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Lane

A shocking event, handled properly

“Why are we here, if not to let people know what is going on and to provide them with the news they need and want to see? ”
– Ted Diadiun, reader representative at the Cleveland Plain Dealer

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Why we need a "slow news" movement
By Jeffrey Dvorkin
ONO Executive Director


We've all heard about the "slow food" movement (an antidote to fast food) where one takes time to savor the experience.
We need a "slow news" equivalent. And fast!
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