Thursday, October 06, 2005
PBS Taps Post's Getler as Its First Ombudsman
PBS Taps Post's Getler as Its First Ombudsman: "PBS said yesterday it has hired the first ombudsman in its history, tapping Michael Getler, who holds the same job at The Washington Post, to serve as an independent in-house critic.
Getler, 69, who is at the end of his five-year tenure as The Post's ombudsman, said he would post his critiques on PBS's Web site and perhaps appear on the air occasionally.
Michael Getler is leaving The Post after serving as the newspaper's ombudsman since 2000.
Michael Getler is leaving The Post after serving as the newspaper's ombudsman since 2000. (By Michael Lutzky -- The Washington Post)
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'I'm an unknown quantity to them,' he said. 'My career has been in newspapers. A lot of people probably don't know me or haven't heard about me and are not used to having this additional channel for challenge. I guess it's just a matter of them absorbing my intrusions into their world."
Getler, 69, who is at the end of his five-year tenure as The Post's ombudsman, said he would post his critiques on PBS's Web site and perhaps appear on the air occasionally.
Michael Getler is leaving The Post after serving as the newspaper's ombudsman since 2000.
Michael Getler is leaving The Post after serving as the newspaper's ombudsman since 2000. (By Michael Lutzky -- The Washington Post)
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'I'm an unknown quantity to them,' he said. 'My career has been in newspapers. A lot of people probably don't know me or haven't heard about me and are not used to having this additional channel for challenge. I guess it's just a matter of them absorbing my intrusions into their world."
