Comments on: To ombud or not to ombud http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/14/to-ombud-or-not-to-ombud/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Daily Links « Kempton’s blog http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/14/to-ombud-or-not-to-ombud/#comment-279669 Daily Links « Kempton’s blog Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:50:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2398#comment-279669 [...] “To ombud or not to ombud” - ombudsman at the Guardian vs New York Times. [...] [...] “To ombud or not to ombud” – ombudsman at the Guardian vs New York Times. [...]

]]> By: Robert Feinman http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/01/14/to-ombud-or-not-to-ombud/#comment-278986 Robert Feinman Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:28:15 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=2398#comment-278986 Sounds like two objectives so why not two people to do them? One is the independent critic or public advocate, the other is the insider who explains why various decisions were or made or how the process works. This could be a distributed function with each reporter or section editor responsible for his own area. The ombudsman would continue to maintain an outsider viewpoint. Sounds like two objectives so why not two people to do them?
One is the independent critic or public advocate, the other is the insider who explains why various decisions were or made or how the process works. This could be a distributed function with each reporter or section editor responsible for his own area.

The ombudsman would continue to maintain an outsider viewpoint.

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