Ombudsmen columns

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Here are links to some of the past week’s columns by ombudsmen, readers’ representatives and editors around the nation. More columns and information about ombudsmen in the U.S. and around the world can be found at the Organization of News Ombudsmen website (which has a permanent link on the right side of this page).

NPR, ‘Is Obama’s pastor anti-gay?’
PBS, ‘The ombudsman’s mailbag’ (mostly reaction to last week’s column on ‘Bush’s War’)
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), ‘Nothing wrong with noting the source of a story idea’
The News&Observer (Raleigh, NC), ‘Bad economic news depresses readers’
The New York Times, ‘Change can be painful, but this one shouldn’t hurt’
Washington Post, ‘Print and online: like ham and eggs’

Sacramento Bee -- public editor, ‘Lots of little things add up to big changes at Bee’; editor, ‘Changing publishers is important, so it’s news’
The San Diego Union-Tribune, ‘A careful look at the news business’
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, ‘A matter of trust: Keeping bias out of the paper’
Florida Union-Times, ‘How to avoid subtle bias when reporting on political stories’
Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, TX), ‘Boiling down all that information’
Salt Lake Tribune, ‘Proofreaders go way of green eyeshades’
Kansas City Star, ‘Scoreboard photo drew eyes -- and a question’
Courier-Journal (Lexington, KY), ‘Smaller pages mean changes for C-J’
San Antonio Express-News, ‘Last ‘Retro Geek’ comic is Sunday’