Purposes of The ONO
The official web site of ONO states that its purposes are:
- To help the journalism profession achieve and maintain high ethical standards in news reporting, thereby enhancing its own credibility among the people it serves
- To establish and refine standards for the job of news ombudsman or reader representative
- To help in the wider establishment of the position of news ombudsman on newspapers and elsewhere in the media
- To provide a forum for exchanging experiences, information and ideas among its members
- To develop contacts with publishers, editors, press councils and other professional organizations, provide speakers for special interest groups and respond to media inquiries
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