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Apr 11, 2017
News Happens
 Journalism and the right to be forgotten
Mar 27, 2017
On the Down Low
 Balancing freedom of speech and freedom of the press 
Mar 08, 2017
Politics and People
 People -- not politics, polls, nor pundits -- should be the focus of the news 
Feb 27, 2017
Which Side Are You On?
 Lewis Wallace, Marketplace, news ethics and diversity
Feb 06, 2017
2016 Year End Report to the Board
 It was election season. So it was not surprising that the bulk of listener, viewer and reader concerns addressed by ombudsmen for CPB, NPR and PBS were about politics and the press.
Jan 26, 2017
If [Only] Race Didn’t Matter ...
  

Race is a thorny issue in America, and that makes it an essential but complicated dynamic for journalists who value accuracy, truth, credibility and trust.
Dec 15, 2016
Straight, No Chaser
 Lots of journalists are ending the year in a mea culpa mood. In some ways, that’s OK; in others, maybe not.

We’ve branded the latest presidential contest a campaign like no other, a refrain we seem to voice every four years. Yet there is at least one truth this time around.
Oct 06, 2016
After Words
 The 2016 presidential campaign isn’t over, but the soul-searching already has begun. Will public service journalism be the same, worse or better after the votes are counted?
Aug 17, 2016
Semi-Annual Report to the Board
Pursuant to its charter, the Office of the Ombudsman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) fosters “public dialogue aimed at achieving high standards of excellence in public broadcasting.” It reports regularly on matters of “objectivity, balance, fairness, accuracy and transparency” in... Continue Reading