(NY) Times Hires 3 Editors After (Jayson) Blair Affair

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-2970842,00.html


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....the first
ombudsman's position in its 152-year history and
re-examine the newspaper's policies on datelines,
bylines and anonymous sources.

The ombudsman, to be known at the Times as
``public editor,'' will examine coverage, review
reader complaints and write a periodic column in
the newspaper, Executive Editor Bill Keller said
Wednesday, his first day on the job.

In addition, the paper will create two
masthead-level jobs for a ``standards editor'' and
an editor to oversee hiring and career
development.

The measures come in response to a 94-page
report prepared by a committee convened after
the Blair debacle. The report, which included a
separate section on Blair, ``closes a chapter'' at
the paper, said Alan M. Siegal, Times assistant
managing editor and head of the 28-member
committee.


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