A.G. Sulzberger, publisher of The New York Times, answering a shareholder question about why the Times no longer has a public editor. “Having a public editor essentially means that you’re outsourcing ...

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA downtown skyline at twilight from above. (Credit: Getty) The nonprofit Poynter Institute on Tuesday announced a pilot project establishing a “public editor” to serve the ...

Our top five most popular newsletters and columns of 2025 share a single theme. When NPR makes a journalistic error, or is accused of making a mistake, people want to know what happened. We ...

Tracey Compton is stepping into a first-of-its-kind job in journalism. She’s the Indianapolis Public Editor, serving the entire market in a pilot project that launches with her first column next week.

The public editor “will examine the entire news ecosystem that serves Indianapolis, answering questions from the audience and explaining how journalists throughout the market make decisions about ...