Public Editor

Public Editor

The job of the public editor is to supervise the implementation of proper journalism ethics at a newspaper, and to identify and examine critical errors or omissions, and to act as a liaison to the public. They do this primarily through a regular feature on a newspaper's editorial page. The position of the public editor is paradoxical, as they are generally employees of the newspaper. However, as a valuable symbol of a high standard of ethics for a newspaper, the firing of a public editor over any criticisms they might have would contradict their purpose.

Many major newspapers in the U.S. use the public editor column as the voice for their Ombudsman, though this is not always so. Public Editor columns cover a broader scope of issues and do not have an accredidation process, while in order to qualify as an ombudsman of any standing one must be a member of the Organisation of News Ombudsmen.

At "The New York Times", the position was created in response to the Jayson Blair scandal. The Times' first public editor was Daniel Okrent, who held the position from December 2003 through May 2005. Okrent's successor was Byron Calame. The current public editor is Clark Hoyt.


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