Petrelis Files

NYT's Calame's New Web Posting; Minimal Output

At times, I forget about Barney Calame, the New York Times' public editor, because he weighs in on important matters so infrequently, especially on his web journal.

It's been nearly two weeks since he last posted to his journal and yesterday, what he posted wasn't all that meaty. Calame shared a letter from a reader who wrote to him about a story on Alzheimer's patients and a response from the Times reporter who penned the article.

Surely there are other readers bringing issues of concern to Calame's attention, issues he could address either in his print column or through his web journal. Why the minimal output, Barney?

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bcalame - 5:38 PM ET November 8, 2005 (#21 of 21)

Alzheimer’s Patients and Privacy

An Oct. 30 article about Alzheimer’s patients and art therapy prompted Randy Alfred of San Francisco to raise some interesting questions about the intersection of journalism and privacy. Here is Mr. Alfred’s e-mail message to the public editor and the response of the reporter, Randy Kennedy, which indicates to me that the article was approached with appropriate care and thoughtfulness.
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