Overview

WHEN
May 10-13, 2009

WHERE
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

PRELIMINARY AGENDA

Sunday, May 10
National Public Radio (NPR)
635 Massachusetts Ave, N.W.

1 p.m. – 5 p.m. — ONO Board Meeting in Board Rooms East & West, 1st floor (lunch not provided)

5 p.m. – 6 p.m. — Optional Gathering at NPR

All ombudsmen and their guests are encouraged to meet in the board rooms at NPR to tour the recording studios and observe a taping of the flagship show “All Things Considered” before going to dinner

7:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. — ONO-sponsored dinner at Busboys & Poets Restaurant, 1025 5th Street N.W. (5th and K St. N.W.)

ONO members and…

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Presentation: Watchdog or Decoy

News Ombudsman: watchdog or decoy?

This presentation was given at ONO’s 2009 conference in Washington, D.C.
By Huub Evers
Media-ombudsmen, The Netherlands

Two years ago, the Netherlands Media Ombudsman Foundation started its activities. This foundation has been set up by journalists to raise a voice from inside journalism about ethics and quality standards on a national level for traditional and digital media. It is the goal of the MON-foundation to speak out about ethics issues in journalism, to open a debate about the ruling journalistic standards and the need for adaptation of existing or introduction of new standards for the news media, including the…

Presentation: An Evironment at Risk

The newsombudsman in an environment at risk

This presentation was given at ONO’s 2009 conference in Washington, D.C.
By Jan van Groesen
Media-ombudsmen, The Netherlands

At the start of this conference it would be very easy to paint a gloomy picture of international journalism and the dark perspectives of the newsombudsman related to it. Because reality tells us a harsh story. It is the story that journalists have to adapt to a development in which the good old newspapers are overhauled by internet as the main source of news. According to a recent survey of Pew Research Center, television is the most popular source…

2009 Conference Video

Panel discussion: Why Have an Ombudsman? Moderator: Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ryerson University (Canada); Panel: Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director, Annenberg Public Policy Center; Kevin Klose, dean, University of Maryland Journalism School; Mark Whitaker, Washington bureau chief, NBC News; and Katharine Weymouth, CEO, The Washington Post.

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Video courtesy of National Public Radio and TV4, Stockholm.

2009 Conference Slideshow

Photos by Marcia A. Apperson