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All Foisie Lectures:
The 2000 Philip M. Foisie Memorial Lecture
David Broder, political columnist and reporter for The Washington Post, delivered the fifth annual Philip M. Foisie Memorial Lecture on May 22, 2000, at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Montreal. He spoke from notes and his talk was tape-recorded.
A Pulitzer Prize winner for his commentary, Broder arguably is America’s most highly regarded political reporter and columnist, known for his integrity, accuracy and insight. A few years ago a survey of opinion page editors of the country’s 200 largest papers rated him as “best reporter, hardest working, least ideological.” New Yorker magazine described him as “the dean of American political writers.”
His …
Why an Ombudsman?…
About a month ago, NPR President Kevin Klose asked me to be the organization’s ombudsman. I’ve since received more than 200 e-mails, letters and phone calls. Most of them have been surprisingly polite.
After more than 20 years as a reporter, editor, producer and administrator in the news division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and almost three years as Vice President for News and Information at NPR, I think I have a good idea of what an ombudsman does. Preparing for the job took me back to the derivation of the word, “ombudsman”.…
Critics take aim at decision to use photo of youth looking i…
When they opened Monday’s newspaper, readers were confronted with a large picture on the Local section cover showing a 16-year-old boy peering into the barrel of a handgun. About two dozen people called to say they were appalled and astounded.
“I think it’s absurd that you ran that photo,” said Dr. Frank Whitesell of Amery, Wis. “I take care of kids who get damaged that way. It shocked me. The first rule is that every gun is loaded.”
The picture contradicted safety rules that people work to instill in young people, said callers …
Even in ads it runs, paper offers a forum for public discuss…
On Wednesday morning, readers encountered a full-page advertisement that took issue with The Oregonian and Robert Landauer, an editorial columnist.
The ad, purchased by a trade organization, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, was blunt.
“We feel compelled,” the main text began, “to respond to the inaccuracies in Robert Landauer’s recent Oregonian column entitled ‘Legislature is holding health hostage.’ ” The column appeared on the June 10 editorial page.
The ad cited three main points of disagreement. One of them could be considered a factual dispute, although interpretations might differ. The others, in my view, were …
