Kelly McBride
@kellymcb.bsky.social
Expertise in ethics, reporting, writing, editing. Poynter. NPR.
Indianapolis has a public editor. Tracey Compton is stepping into this first of it's kind job. There are very few public editors left in the United States (me.) All of those public editors serve a single newsroom. Compton is looking at the entire Indy market.
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Q&A: A new kind of public editor is taking on the entire city of Indianapolis - Poynter
Tracey Compton discusses a pilot designed to bring accountability and media literacy across multiple local newsrooms
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February 11, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Indianapolis has a public editor. Tracey Compton is stepping into this first of it's kind job. There are very few public editors left in the United States (me.) All of those public editors serve a single newsroom. Compton is looking at the entire Indy market.
www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
www.poynter.org/ethics-trust...
The entire news ecosystem of Indianapolis is getting a Public Editor. It's a pilot project I've been working on for years and I hope it's the start of something big. We are partnering with @wfyi.bsky.social, @mirrorindy.org and the @indianacapitalchronicle.com.
Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter
Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.
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October 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The entire news ecosystem of Indianapolis is getting a Public Editor. It's a pilot project I've been working on for years and I hope it's the start of something big. We are partnering with @wfyi.bsky.social, @mirrorindy.org and the @indianacapitalchronicle.com.
Which programs are stopping work as a result of the federal spending freeze? Pre-schools? School lunch? Medical trials that are underway? Local construction projects? Small business loans? Disaster relief? Farm programs? Public health initiatives? Non-profit mentoring programs? Special Olympics?
January 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Which programs are stopping work as a result of the federal spending freeze? Pre-schools? School lunch? Medical trials that are underway? Local construction projects? Small business loans? Disaster relief? Farm programs? Public health initiatives? Non-profit mentoring programs? Special Olympics?
Journalists, have you ever experienced a chilling effect, meaning you were overly cautious, or avoided reported a story, or didn't publish everything you knew, because you or your newsroom didn't have the resources to mount a legal defense? I'm exploring how this works and I want to chat. DM me.
December 17, 2024 at 7:46 PM
Journalists, have you ever experienced a chilling effect, meaning you were overly cautious, or avoided reported a story, or didn't publish everything you knew, because you or your newsroom didn't have the resources to mount a legal defense? I'm exploring how this works and I want to chat. DM me.