{"id":1072,"date":"2014-09-03T15:10:24","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T20:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/?p=1072"},"modified":"2014-09-03T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T20:12:06","slug":"keeping-the-readers-trust-with-the-main-street-free-press-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralohiospj.org\/index.php\/keeping-the-readers-trust-with-the-main-street-free-press-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the Readers\u2019 Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Main Street Free Press Museum<\/h3>\n<h3><em>in association with the Society\u00a0of Professional Journalists,\u00a0Central Ohio Chapter\u00a0<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>invite you to a free discussion Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, 7:15 p.m. during the annual Fredericktown Tomato Show<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h1>Keeping the Readers\u2019 Trust<\/h1>\n<p>Featuring Ohio\u2019s Last and First Newspaper Ombudsmen<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Ted Diadiun, The Cleveland Plain Dealer<br \/>\nReader Representative since 2005 \u2013 and<br \/>\nthe last newspaper ombudsman in Ohio<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 John C. Long, Ombudsman from 1967-68 at<\/p>\n<p>the Ohio Wesleyan Transcript and from 1995-96<br \/>\nat The Courier-Journal in Louisville, and director<br \/>\nof The Main Street Free Press Museum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>First Baptist Church, Fredericktown, Ohio<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> 22 E. Sandusky St., one block east of the Public Square<\/strong><br \/>\n47 years ago, The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times appointed the first U.S. newspaper ombudsman, and the Ohio Wesleyan Transcript appointed the second \u2013 Ohio\u2019s first. Over the next 40 years, dozens of U.S. newspapers and many more worldwide appointed ombudsmen to be more responsive to readers and to strengthen their trust. But in the past 10 years, as 18,000 U.S. newsroom jobs disappeared, many ombudsman positions were lost. 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