Ombudsman Blog: July 5, 2009 - July 11, 2009

Weymouth and Brauchli Interviews

In the aftermath of the controversy surrounding The Post’s ill-conceived plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record “salon” dinners, publisher Katharine Weymouth and executive editor Marcus Brauchli separately sat down for interviews with me. Here are excerpts from both. INTERVIEW WITH...

By Andy Alexander  | July 10, 2009; 9:29 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (16)
 
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Veteran Editors Offer Advice to The Post

My column this weekend takes a deeper look at The Post’s ethically flawed plan to sell sponsorships of off-the-record “salon” dinners. Ever since the plan was revealed, The Post’s leaders – and its newsroom – have been reeling from a...

By Andy Alexander  | July 10, 2009; 6:49 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (24)
 
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Reducing Errors: It Starts With Reporters

My Sunday column about the increasing number of typos and small errors making their way into The Post prompted a wave of e-mails from eagle-eyed citizen copy editors. More than a few noted the incorrect date (June 5) on...

By Andy Alexander  | July 7, 2009; 4:52 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (17)
 
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Restoring The Post's Credibility With Readers -- and Staff

The Post's leaders scrambled today to try to restore some of the credibility lost in the “salons” controversy. They're moving in the right direction. But numerous questions remain about how such an ethically flawed idea could have gotten so far....

By Andy Alexander  | July 6, 2009; 5:13 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (40)
 
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