Ombudsmen columns
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Here are links to some of the past week’s columns by ombudsmen and readers’ representatives 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).
Chicago Tribune - ‘Anonymity online protects free speech or cloaks crazies?’
New York Times - ‘Fuzzy election math, before and after’
PBS - ‘Oops’ (wrong call on Super Tuesday)
San Diego Union-Tribune - ‘Election coverage offers something to annoy nearly everyone’
Sacramento Bee - ‘Britney this, Britney that: Is there no limit today?’
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - ‘Super Tuesday coverage brings kudos, criticisms’
Orlando Sentinel - ‘How many spoonfuls of sugar to help the medicine of news go down?’
NPR - ‘Super Tuesday Special’
Plain Dealer (Cleveland) - ‘Political endorsements make us part of the story’
Kansas City Star - ‘Pit bulls aren’t necessarily demons - or angels’
Washington Post - ‘Was a museum director treated fairly?’
ESPN - ‘Monday Night Football dilemma: how to entice casual fans, not alienate purists’
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) - ‘Drawing the line: Editorial cartoonists confront issues of sexism and racism when caricaturing the Democratic front-runners’
News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) - ‘Men beat out women on our sports pages’