Le Anne Schreiber

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Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber is the public's representative to ESPN, offering independent examination and analysis of ESPN's media outlets. The former New York Times sports editor and author will critique decision-making, coverage and presentation of news, issues and events on ESPN television and other media. Schreiber will have a two-year tenure and succeeds George Solomon, ESPN's initial Ombudsman.

Schreiber: Audience starves for reported fact
The main function of sports news, it seems, is to serve as the molehill on which mountains of opinion are built. We don't have news cycles anymore, writes the Ombudsman, we have opinion cycles.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | October 11, 2007

Schreiber: Vick coverage shows best, worst
ESPN's avalanche of reporting, analysis and commentary about Michael Vick's legal issues showed the network operating at its best, at its less than best, and as usual.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | September 7, 2007

Schreiber: For ESPN, what's next?
No single topic has ever drawn the volume and intensity of unsolicited complaints to the Ombudsman's maibox than SportsCenter's recent "Who's Now" tournament.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | August 7, 2007

Schreiber: Keep your eye on the ball
The Ombudsman says that many ESPN broadcasts of live games seem more scripted than spontaneous and that announcers should be allowed to keep their eyes on the ball.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | July 9, 2007

Schreiber: Fighting 'tyranny of the storyline'
The Ombudsman says ESPN is guilty of the tyranny of the storyline, when saturation coverage of the few results in a drought of coverage for everybody else.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | June 7, 2007

Schreiber: Conflict of interest is business as usual
ESPN pays rights fees to leagues. It also covers those games as a news organization. The two intersect in ways that have the ombudsman asking questions.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | May 10, 2007

Schreiber: Can we keep the yelling down?
What did the ombudsman gather from an intensive initial dose of ESPN watching? Lots and lots of high-volume opinions.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | April 12, 2007

Schreiber: Radio host's blog attack was 'off limits'
Radio host Colin Cowherd's boast that he shut down thebiglead.com in 90 seconds flooded the ombudsman's mailbag. And prompted a new policy.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | April 8, 2007

Schreiber: Radio host's blog attack was 'off limits'
Radio host Colin Cowherd's boast that he shut down thebiglead.com in 90 seconds flooded the ombudsman's mailbag. And prompted a new policy.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | April 8, 2007

Schreiber: Meet the new Ombudsman
Ombudsman Le Anne Schreiber says the pressures to blur boundaries between news, gossip, rumor, entertainment, advertising and promotion operate at a fever pitch at ESPN.
Le Anne Schreiber, ESPN Ombudsman | April 5, 2007