ONO Bulletin — February 2012

BULLETIN #33 FEB 2012

Dear All –

Plans for the 2012 conference in Copenhagen are quickly coming together.

In the two attachments, please find a registration form that should be returned to Jacob, Debbie and me via email as soon as possible, along with conference registration fees.

As per last year’s conference in Montreal, the fees remain the same: $300 per attendee and $200 for accompanying spouses/partners. We need to start doing a head count very soon.

Also in the other attachment, you will find details on the hotel reservation requirements.

We will be at the Ascot Hotel which by …

ONO Bulletin — January 2012

BULLETIN #32 Jan. 2012

 Dear All –

Some interesting developments in the world of news ombudsmanship, for sure. Not the least of which is the extraordinary revelations coming out of the Leveson Inquiry into phone hacking in the British media.

Our colleagues, Chris Elliott of the Guardian and past president Stephen Pritchard have given evidence as witnesses as the hearings. We have posted their statements, plus some of the reporting on this extraordinary story, on the ONO website.

One of the (very) preliminary outcomes from this may be the need for many British news organizations to adapt some form of …

ONO Bulletin — October 2011

BULLETIN #27, October 2011

Dear All -

There seems to be a resurgence of interest in ONO and ombudsmanship again.

Much of it has been inspired by the Leveson Inquiry now going on in London.

As you know, this is part of the fallout from the News Corp scandal into phone hacking at the News of the World and other newspapers that belong to Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.

We are grateful to Stephen Pritchard and Chris Elliott who have been so diligent in advocating for the values of media self-regulation.

The outcome of the inquiry remains uncertain, but some trends …

ONO Bulletin for May 2011

 BULLETIN #22, May 2011

 Dear All –

 As our annual conference approaches, we are pretty excited about the interest that is being generated around our meeting.

There will be more than 40 members coming to Montreal and thanks to the folks at CBC/Radio-Canada, there is a lot of buzz in media circles about our meeting.

Thanks again to Julie Miville-Dechene and her assistant Laure Simonet at Radio-Canada and to Kirk LaPointe and his assistant Laura Marshall at CBC, it promises to be an excellent conference with a lot of opportunity to see and enjoy the great city of Montreal.

A …

ONO Bulletin for February 2011

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BULLETIN #19, February 2011

Dear All –

The Montreal conference is rapidly coming together, thanks to Julie Miville-Dechene, and her indefatigable assistant Laure.

We have received a number of suggestions for topics, but the agenda is not final. If there is a particular issue you think we should discuss, please let me know as soon as possible.

We are also delighted to announce that the conference will be tri-lingual with simultaneous translation service provided in English, French and Spanish.

Here is a draft agenda with a more …

ONO Bulletin for August 2010

 BULLETIN #14 AUGUST 2010

 Dear All,

As our northern summer comes to an end, I hope those who have had some time off have found it to be restorative and that we are all ready for what the next season has in store.

Although the pace of ONO activities has been slightly slower over the past couple of months, there is still news to report.

Thanks again to Professor Claudia Pauwels in Buenos Aires, we are still making contact with a number of ombudsmen in Latin America, Spain and Portugal who have expressed an interest in being part of ONO.…

ONO Bulletin for July 2010

BULLETIN #13 JULY 2010

Dear All,

Our plans are coming together nicely to present our next proposal to the Open Society Institute. We will be asking for help in assuring that our next conference will be at least bi, if not trilingual. And we will also be asking for support to write our “How To Be An Ombudsman” guidebook (working title).

Janne Andersson has included a plan to visit Viet Nam.

C.B Hanif has been already been invited back to Baku, Azerbaijan.

Sally Begbie will be attending the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union Summit in Tokyo in October.

Jacob Mollerup will …

ONO Bulletin for May 2010

BULLETIN #11 MAY 2010

Dear All –

Another conference has come and gone.

From my perspective, it felt like it was a success, and this was confirmed by many attendees who said that the conference was extremely useful and very content rich. That may be code for “you worked us too hard…” More than forty ONO members made it to Oxford – slightly more than came to last year’s conference in Washington, DC.

As you know, the theme of the conference was how to balance traditional journalistic values in a highly digitized news environment.

I won’t repeat the editorial details …