Thanks to my dear friend Bob Ashmore for alerting me to The Wall Street Journal’s eighth D: All Things Digital conference. NPR President Vivian Schiller’s comments (with video here and here), are especially noteworthy for longtime NPR listeners.
Entries Tagged as 'Organization of News Ombudsmen'
WSJ: Going digital on NPR (not Natl Public Radio)
June 9th · No Comments · ONO, Organization of News Ombudsmen
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Who will hold news media accountable? At Ombudsmen meet in Oxford, reminders that PB Post did it right
June 5th · 1 Comment · ONO, Organization of News Ombudsmen
“In today’s digital media environment, ombudsmen and news/press councils are all rethinking what they do,” says John Hamer, of the Washington News Council, commenting on the Organization of News Ombudsmen’s annual convention at Oxford University May 12-15.
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Report: Running Out of Time to Find New News Model
March 23rd · No Comments · Newspapers, Organization of News Ombudsmen
Regarding a topic I occasionally am invited to speak about, another reminder that news journalism and newspapers aren’t neccesarily the same thing: “News has become a commodity, suggests a new report from the Pew Research Center. Most consumers don’t care very much where it comes from, and few are willing to spend money to get [...]
Baku posts on pause while I speak a bit
March 16th · No Comments · Azerbaijan, Baku, Organization of News Ombudsmen
For those who have been asking, yes I plan to be back with more on my journey to Baku, Azerbaijan for the Organization of News Ombudsmen. Thanks for the encouragement. For now here’s the always informative Aaron in Azerbaijan with links underscoring the serious journalism concerns I heard there. Meanwhile I’m gearing to fulfill commitments made before I went. [...]
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On the Road for ONO in Baku, Azerbaijan
March 6th · 3 Comments · Azerbaijan, Baku, Organization of News Ombudsmen
Arriving in Baku, Azerbaijan on behalf of the international Organization of News Ombudsmen, with days full of media meetings lined up, I had figured on spending my evenings pondering musical higher mathematics in what I’d heard were the city’s thriving jazz clubs. But my hosts, Taleh Shahsuvarli and Matlab Mutallimli, had mapped that part of [...]
Our (Ombuds) Man in Baku, Azerbaijan
March 4th · 3 Comments · Azerbaijan, Baku, Organization of News Ombudsmen
Finally. Here in Baku, Azerbaijan, speaking to journalists on behalf of the Organization of News Ombudsmen. It’s still hard to get my brain around that fact, but for those who can read Azeri, here are links to the first media reports. http://mediaforum.az/in/articles.php?lang=az&page=00&article_id=20100302031714010 http://www.musavat.com/new/Media/71925-AMER%C4%B0KALI_MED%C4%B0A_OMBUDSMANI_%E2%80%9CYEN%C4%B0_M%C3%9CSAVAT%E2%80%9Dda_OLDU http://www.ilk10.az/news.php?id=52909
Tags: Gunel Jannatova·Matlab Mutallimli·ONO·Taleh Shahsuvarli
Organization of News Ombudsmen on Facebook
February 8th · No Comments · ONO, Organization of News Ombudsmen
See ONO’s new fan site on Facebook — and what bloggers are saying about it. While you’re at it, become a fan.
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Hear, hear…Guardian’s Rusbridger on pay walls: ‘New media’ disappeared. They’re just media now
January 26th · No Comments · ONO, Organization of News Ombudsmen, Palm Beach Post, The Guardian, The New York Times
“In print, the Guardian is, even now, the ninth or 10th biggest paper in Britain. On the web it is, by most measurements, the second best-read English-language newspaper in the world. If the New York Times really does start charging for access, the Guardian may become the newspaper with the largest web English-speaking readership in [...]
Missing former ace ombudsman Deborah Howell
January 4th · No Comments · ONO, Organization of News Ombudsmen, Washington Post
Jeffrey Dvorkin, executive director of our international Organization of News Ombudsmen, alerted me to this Washington Post tribute to Deborah Howell. He called it “An elegant obit.” That’s well said of a tough journalist and elegant human being.
Careers in Communication? What a whirlwind: Add media in Baku, Azerbaijan to ombudsman agenda
November 23rd · No Comments · Organization of News Ombudsmen
My answer to the “What are you doing these days?” question continues to be: Everything I can. So what have I been up to? Way too busy. Working and studying hard. Conducting interviews for and/or writing recent or soon-to-appear freelance articles. Completing or researching other projects. Consulting. Networking. Giving thanks. And speaking.
