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Don OhlmeyerE-mail | BioDon 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. |
At ESPN, conflict of interest is business as usual
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN pays rights fees to leagues. It also covers those games as a news organization. The two intersect in ways that have the ombudsman asking questions.
Story | May 10, 2007Schreiber: Meet ESPN's new Ombudsman
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN OmbudsmanOmbudsman Le Anne Schreiber says the pressures to blur boundaries between news, gossip, rumor, entertainment, advertising and promotion operate at a fever pitch at ESPN.
Story | April 04, 2007Given conflicts, Amaechi coverage 'over the top'
George Solomon, ESPN OmbudsmanESPN would have been better served by showing restraint in how it covered former NBA player John Amaechi's recent revelation that he is gay, says the Ombudsman.
Story | March 05, 2007Putting ESPN under a microscope
George Solomon, ESPN OmbudsmanVeteran journalist puts ESPN under his microscope and comments on the network's decisions.
Story | Conversation | July 12, 2005TOP SEARCHES IN OCTOBER
NFL Expert Picks tops ESPN.com searches in October. Did "ombudsman" make the list?
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