Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 Washington Post public editor: The Post’s path forward is irritatingly simple Serious, soul-searching postmortems by media outlets are usually reserved for periods after clear fuck-ups. The Washington Post’s ombudsman dissecting how Janet Cooke was able to fabricate a Pulitzer-winning story; the New York Times admitting its coverage helped lead us into the Iraq War; the Kansas City Star apologizing for decades of racist journalism. The end […] Hamilton Nolan
a Friday, December 18th, 2020 New York Times public editor: Callimachi is not Jayson Blair, but questions remain Gabriel Snyder
a Friday, October 30th, 2020 New York Times public editor: The Times’ challenge is to tell readers why it still matters, no matter who is president Gabriel Snyder
a Monday, October 26th, 2020 CNN public editor: Television journalism will remain broken post-Trump Ariana Pekary
a Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 MSNBC public editor: Trumpism grows erratic, and both-sides-ism retreats Maria Bustillos
a Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 Washington Post public editor: The powerful have realized they don’t need the Post Hamilton Nolan
a Friday, October 2nd, 2020 CNN public editor: When outrageous politicians are outrageous Ariana Pekary
a Wednesday, September 2nd, 2020 CNN public editor: The only question in news is ‘Will it rate?’ Ariana Pekary
a Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 Washington Post Public Editor: Political conventions are always propaganda Hamilton Nolan
a Thursday, August 13th, 2020 Washington Post public editor: The bright side of 2020? Less campaign froth Hamilton Nolan