What role should public editors play in today's newsrooms? Are they asking the right questions? What are they doing for readers and the news organizat...
Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 12.21.2011
Despite not having a confirmed director, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has already demonstrated how effective it can be. Only in the most polarized political environment could its goals be considered controversial.
Eric Schmeltzer | Posted 01.14.2012
Maybe Mike McQueary would have gone to the NCAA Ombudsman's office, if there was one, instead of Coach Paterno, and law enforcement and courts could have apprehended, charged, convicted, and jailed Jerry Sandusky years ago.
Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011
Over the past week, people have been debating John Boehner's emotions, not his motions. The expected next Speaker of the House has become known for his crying.
Frank A. Weil | Posted 05.25.2011
Every now and then, we experience something that seems weird, but then yields an insight into something wrong with modern society. So what does the Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 metaphor tell us?
Washington Post | Andrew Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011
The Post's internal policies set a high threshold for granting anonymity. It "should not be done casually or automatically." Further, "merely asking s...
Washington Post | Andrew Alexander | Posted 05.25.2011
The Washington Post's ill-fated plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record "salons" was an ethical lapse of monumental proportions. ...
Emily Bracken | Posted 05.25.2011
Humorists and comedians are a curious bunch. Quixotic by nature, they want so desperately to live in a world of decency, fairness and goodness, and in Stewart's case, in a world where the media grew some cajones.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011
The mission of the ombudsperson is to watch the standards and performance of your publication, with an eye to keeping it scrupulously top-notch as a service to your readers. That's a service that shouldn't be outsourced for free to random people on the internet.
Poynter. | Posted 05.23.2012