Washington and Lee University
The New York Times public editor Clark F. Hoyt delivered the keynote address at Washington and Lee's 46th Institute on Journalism Ethics on Nov. 7, 2008.
The public editor, the paper's in-house critic and scold, 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 articles published in the paper. Hoyt additionally publishes periodic commentaries about The Times' journalistic practices and current journalistic issues in general, when he believes they are warranted.
