John Horgan Press Ombudsman
Dr. John Horgan has been announced (14.AUG.2007) as Ireland’s first Press Ombudsman.
The Press Council’s press release statement can be viewed here.
“The key function of the new Press Ombudsman will be to investigate and adjudicate complaints made by members of the public against newspapers and magazines. A new Code of Practice has been agreed by the press industry,and this code will be the framework against which all complaints are considered.”
The Irish Times reference the appointment here (subscription rqd).
Breaking News.ie have a note here as does the Irish Independent, the Belfast Telegraph and RTÉ.ie.
John is a co-editor of a newly published book Mapping Irish Media: Critical Explorations. He has also authored Broadcasting and Public Life:RTE News and Current Affairs, 1926-1997(2004) and Irish Media: A Critical History Since 1922 (2001).
John’s other publishing career can be viewed on wikipedia.org.
John’s academic biographical profile from DCU can still be viewed here (John has retired from DCU since 2006).
Horgan wins Irish press ombudsman role…
John Horgan has been named as Ireland’s first press ombudsman. His main role will be to investigate and adjudicate complaints made by members of the public against newspapers and magazines. Horgan is a former professor of journalism at Dublin……
[…] Whatever else is excised, it is certain that the provisions relating to the Press Council and Press Ombudsman will be retained, not least because the membership of the Council was announced early in the Summer, and the Ombudsman has recently been appointed (see press release (pdf) | Irish Times (sub req’d) | Irish Independent breaking news | Irish Independent report | Irish Examiner | RTE | Belfast Telegraph | Breakingnews.ie | NUJ | DCU | Blurred Keys | Media Forum | Soapbox Ireland | Sinn Féin | Liberal Republican | Greenslade). […]
[…] Minister Lenihan is referring to the recent establishment of the office of the Press Ombudsman, under the self regulatory framewokd of the Press Council. The Press Ombudsman, John Horgan, has indicated that he will be open for business from the start of the new year 2008. […]