Poynter Online
Go


Top Story

Young Journalists Use Facebook Ads to Reach Prospective Employers
Most Recent Articles
1.X-Ray Reading Helps Interpret Author's Intentions
12:05 AM Feb. 10, 2010
2.USDA Drops National Animal ID Plan
12:01 AM Feb. 10, 2010
3.Live Chat Today: What Position Should I Apply for When Company Has Multiple Openings?
12:01 AM Feb. 10, 2010
4.AP stories are back on Google News again
7:21 PM Feb. 9, 2010
5.Foursquare partners with New York Times for Olympics
4:39 PM Feb. 9, 2010
Most E-mailed
Recent Comments
Recent Tags
Community Activity

Poynter Training
Poynter Seminars
Small, in-person training experiences.
1.NewsU: Picture Editing 101: Essentials and Ethics
Apply NOW
2.Poynter Fellowship for College Journalists
Apply by March 1
3.Making Your Opinion Matter
Apply by March 22

News University
Today's most popular courses on NewsU, Poynter's e-learning site for journalists.
Webinars
Our online classroom is just a click away. Learn more.
All Webinars

Poynter Forums

View Forum Post

Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 5/13/2009 10:06:56 AM
Title: NPR says Voice story about film critic is wrong
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From ANNA CHRISTOPHER, NPR media relations: The Village Voice piece that you're linking to is full of inaccuracies. Bad reporting (or a complete lack of reporting) has turned this story into one about NPR's supposed ill treatment of Nathan Lee, which is completely fabricated.

If you're curious, the parts of the Village Voice's article that are completely untrue:

--NPR sent Nathan Lee the edited text of his review prior to publication, and he agreed to the edits.

--NPR also gave Nathan the option to not publish the review, or to publish the review as edited (without the names). He would be paid in full either way. Because he believed the issues the film raises are important ones, Nathan agreed the best course would be to remove the names and publish his review. He requested that his byline by removed, and a note be added explaining the absence of the byline.

--Nathan's byline was removed by NPR at his request, prior to publication of the article on Friday. The article was posted to the NPR.org homepage where it remained for many days.

--NPR removed Nathan's comment to NPR.org only after speaking with him, and with his explicit approval. Nathan agreed that his comment, which named the names edited out of the review, broke NPR's previous agreement with him and ran counter to the NPR policy in question. At that time, NPR offered, again, to take down the review, which he declined. [Permalink]

View Complete Forum Topic

Username
Password
New User? Signup Now
Poynter Careers
See All Jobs
Add Your Resume
Post Your Job
Become a Member
More media jobs