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Columbia Journalism Review content tagged Public Editor

1. July 16, 2012 01:59 PM

   New NYT public editor brings experience, online savvy

   Margaret M. Sullivan is looking forward to having "an ongoing conversation with readers" both in print and online

   By Sara Morrison

   On Monday, The New York Times announced that its search for a new public editor had ended with the appointment of Margaret M. Sullivan, editor and vice president of the Buffalo News. She'll take over for Arthur Brisbane on September 1. Sullivan spoke with CJR about what she hopes to bring to position (hint: It begins with “d” and rhymes...

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2. January 18, 2012 02:37 PM

   Will Fact-Checking Go the Way of Blogs?

   By Felix Salmon

   Lucas Graves has by far the best and most sophisticated response to NYT ombudsman Arthur Brisbane’s silly question about “truth vigilantes”. Graves makes the important point that Brisbane’s “objective and fair” formulation is itself problematic: as one of Brisbane’s commenters wrote, if a certain politician is objectively less truthful, less forthcoming, and less believable than others, then objectivity demands that...

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