Public Editor #1: The Collected Columns (with Reflections, Reconsiderations, and Even a Few Retractions) of the First Ombudsman of the "New York Times" - Softcover

Okrent, Daniel

 
9781586484392: Public Editor #1: The Collected Columns (with Reflections, Reconsiderations, and Even a Few Retractions) of the First Ombudsman of the "New York Times"
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1586484397 ISBN 13: 9781586484392
Publisher: PublicAffairs,U.S., 2008

Synopsis

From December 2003 to May 2005, Daniel Okrent served as The New York Times first Public Editor, a position created following the newspapers Jayson Blair scandal and the tumultuous reign and resignation of Howell Raines as Executive Editor. Now, collected, amended, and assessed by Okrent here are the complete columns of his rocky and illuminating eighteen months along with an evaluation of the entire experience; its ups and downs and what he thinks he got right and got wrong.

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About the Author

Before his appointment as the Times's first public editor, Daniel Okrent served in a number of prominent positions in magazine publishing, among them editor-at-large of Time Inc., managing editor of Life, and editor of New England Monthly. He is the author of four books, most recently Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center, which was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in history. Okrent lives in New York and on Cape Cod with his wife, poet Rebecca Okrent.

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Publisher
PublicAffairs,U.S.
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1586484397
ISBN 13 
9781586484392
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
304

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