Washington Post Career
On February 25, 2005, Howell was named ombudsman of the Washington Post. On October 23, 2005, Howell introduced herself to readers by saying she had two goals in mind: "to foster good journalism and to increase understanding between the Post and its readers."
Ms. Howell was perhaps the first ombudsman at a major mainstream newspaper to be punctiliously fair in promoting media ideological disinterest. Specifically in her columns of November 9, 2008 and November 16, 2008, she analyzed unblinkingly political imbalance in The Washington Post reportage.
Her farewell column appeared on December 28, 2008.
Andrew Alexander took over as the Post ombudsman on February 2, 2009.
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