Margaret Sullivan is the fifth public editor appointed by The New York Times. The public editor works outside of the reporting and editing structure of the newspaper and receives and answers questions or comments from readers and the public, principally about news and other coverage in The Times. Her opinions and conclusions are her own.
Public Editors' Columns
Getting It First or Getting It Right?
When it rushed to publish details from the Newtown massacre, The New York Times put its readers’ faith at risk.
December 23, 2012, SundayAn Empty Seat in the Courtroom
Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks are a major story for The Times, so why was the paper so late to cover the soldier’s pretrial hearing?
December 9, 2012, SundayReviews With ‘All Guns Blazing’
The criticism of a new restaurant in Times Square was delicious, even if the food was not.
November 25, 2012, SundayDisaster Reporting in the Backyard
Some of the most compelling journalism in the last week looked at ordinary lives that were deeply affected by the hurricane.
November 11, 2012, SundayAn Opinion to Consider Before You Vote
Regardless of the choice, newspaper endorsements in political campaigns help make sense of the muddle.
October 28, 2012, SundayConnecting the Dots in Libya
Though questions remain, The New York Times’s reporting on the Benghazi consulate attack has been strong.
October 21, 2012, SundayQuestions on Drones, Unanswered Still
Just who is it that the United States is killing with strikes by unmanned aircraft in Yemen and Pakistan?
October 14, 2012, SundayWho Controls the Story?
The New York Times draws a line on “quote approval,” but not everyone is convinced.
September 30, 2012, SundayHe Said, She Said, and the Truth
The journalistic practice of giving equal weight to both sides of a story, regardless of any established truth, has many readers fed up.
September 16, 2012, SundayMy Turn in Between the Readers and the Writers
A new in-house critic and readers’ advocate shares her approach to the role.
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