Don Ohlmeyer

Don Ohlmeyer

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Don Ohlmeyer is the public's representative to ESPN, offering independent examination and analysis of ESPN's media outlets. One of television's most successful innovators as a sports and entertainment producer, programmer and network president, the longtime NBC and ABC executive was honored with 16 Emmys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and two Peabody Awards. He will critique decision-making, coverage and presentation of news, issues and events on ESPN's platforms. Ohlmeyer will have an 18-month tenure and succeeds ombudsmen George Solomon and Le Anne Schreiber.

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Martha Burk: Don't Expect Madison Square Garden to Change

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

If you read my last post, you know that I have been wondering about Madison Square Garden. Let's assume the jury was right, and the work environment t...

Blog | October 03, 2007

Craig Lancaster Describes his Oregonian Story

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...answering every question directly is a solid start. Lancaster did that. "It's definitely not an ombudsman-type piece," he explains. "It's not even an investigation. Because there's really nothing...

Blog | October 26, 2006

The Troubled Relationship Between the Blazers and the Press

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...interested in hiring someone to make them look bad. (Maybe they are! Papers do those kinds of ombudsman stories.) You'd have to wonder even more if, out of anyone they might have hired, that...

Blog | October 25, 2006

Gee, Mike Lupica Sure Has It In for Isiah Thomas

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...wow. UPDATE: A link from the comments (thanks Dave) turns up a similar post from The Sports Ombudsman: Over the summer, when the Larry Brown-Isiah Thomas honeymoon began, one noted New York columnist, Mike...

Blog | June 14, 2006