Thursday, January 12, 2006

The Hindu will appoint Readers' Editor: N. Ram

The Hindu : Front Page : The Hindu will appoint Readers' Editor: N. Ram: " A Readers' Editor, according to Mr. Mayes, is an ombudsman who works independently within news organisations as an interface between readers, listeners and viewers, on the one hand, and journalists and editors, on the other. It was a self-regulatory mechanism, he said.

Mr. Ram acknowledged that The Times of India appointed former Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati as an external ombudsman (not a Readers' Editor) in 1988, but the position lasted only a couple of years."

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