Many thanks to Lars Bennike and Theo Jeptha for these souvenirs of ONO 2024 Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Click on thumbnails to view photo in larger size
Welcome to the Organization of News Ombuds and Standards Editors
Bjarne Schilling - Our President
Bjarne Schilling was appointed Readers’ Editor at Politiken, Denmark's largest morning paper, in 2010. The Readers’ Editor acts as the readers’ representative in order to safeguard journalistic principles of transparency and fairness in reporting, dealing with complaints and reviewing editorial performance, thus demonstrating that Politiken genuinely cares about and responds to public concerns about how it is serving its readers.
Get the Handbook
This 51-page guide, “The Modern News Ombudsmen: A User’s Guide,” was written by the group’s then executive director Jeffrey Dvorkin. It's a must have guide!
Member Spotlight
Meet Margo Smit, Ombudsman for all of all the journalistic programming and production of the Dutch public broadcasting networks.