- Jeffrey Dvorkin
Jeffrey A. Dvorkin (born September 15, 1946 in
Calgary ,Alberta ,Canada ) is aCanadian -Americanjournalist . A former Vice President of News andombudsman forNational Public Radio , Dvorkin moved to the United States in 1997 following a lengthy career with theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation inToronto andMontreal , where he was Managing Editor and Chief Journalist for CBC Radio. Since the early 1990s, Dvorkin has served as an international consultant and educator, advocating for a free press along with colleagues from around the world. Dvorkin is also a past president of theOrganization of News Ombudsmen . While serving as NPR's ombudsman, Dvorkin authored a popular and well-regarded column on issues pertaining to journalistic ethics. In 2006, after leaving NPR, Dvorkin was named Executive Director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists based inWashington, D.C. [http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2006/06-20-jeffrey-dvorkin.html] and professor at theMissouri School of Journalism . Dvorkin resigned as executive director of CCJ in July 2007. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University in Washington, DC and continues to serve as a lecturer and discussant on issues of journalistic ethics and practices with news organizations, and atuniversities around the world. He blogs at http://nowthedetails.blogspot.com/. In May 2008, Dvorkin became the Executive Director of Journalism for the online video news service, The Real News http://www.therealnews.com.Sources:
* [http://journalism.missouri.edu/news/2006/06-20-jeffrey-dvorkin.html]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?columnId=2781901]
* [http://www.current.org/rad/rad710d.html]
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