Public Editor

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The job of the public editor is to criticise the practices, standards and culture of the newspaper, to identify and examine critical errors and omissions, and to act as a liaison to the public.

At The New York Times, the position was created in response to the Jayson Blair scandal. The Times' first public editor was Daniel Okrent, who held the position from December 2003 through May 2005. Okrent's successor is Byron Calame.

Several prominent newspapers, such as the Washington Post, have a similar but more limited position of ombudsman, or readers' representative.


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