Ian Mayes
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Ian Mayes is a British
journalist
and editor
. He was the readers' editor for The Guardian
newspaper (November 1997 - March 2007), and was president of the international Organization of News Ombudsmen
(May 2005 - May 2007), serving as a board member since May 2002 after joining in April 2001.
His first ten years at The Guardian included launching The Guardian’s Weekend magazine and daily G2 section with current editor Alan Rusbridger
, and time as deputy features editor, arts editor and obituaries editor. He is currently writing the third volume of the official history of The Guardian.
He is credited with the discovery of the "apostrofly", "an insect which lands at random on the printed page depositing an apostrophe
wherever it alights". He has also been honored by the creation in 2008 of the The Ian Mayes Award for Writing Wrongs.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
. He was the readers' editor for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper (November 1997 - March 2007), and was president of the international Organization of News Ombudsmen
Organization of News Ombudsmen
The Organization of News Ombudsmen is a non-profit organization that was formed in 1980. ONO membership comprises various news ombudsman, and readers' representatives from around the world. Both ombudsman and readers' representatives are individuals who work for a professional news organization,...
(May 2005 - May 2007), serving as a board member since May 2002 after joining in April 2001.
His first ten years at The Guardian included launching The Guardian’s Weekend magazine and daily G2 section with current editor Alan Rusbridger
Alan Rusbridger
Alan Charles Rusbridger is the editor of the British newspaper The Guardian. He has also been a reporter and a columnist.-Early life:...
, and time as deputy features editor, arts editor and obituaries editor. He is currently writing the third volume of the official history of The Guardian.
He is credited with the discovery of the "apostrofly", "an insect which lands at random on the printed page depositing an apostrophe
Apostrophe
The apostrophe is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritic mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet or certain other alphabets...
wherever it alights". He has also been honored by the creation in 2008 of the The Ian Mayes Award for Writing Wrongs.
Works
- Ian Mayes, Journalism Right and Wrong: Ethical and Other Issues Raised by Readers in the "Guardian's" Open Door Column (Guardian BooksGuardian BooksGuardian Books is the book publishing division of the UK daily newspaper The Guardian and its sister weekly paper The Observer....
, Feb 2007) ISBN 978-000-719-667-8 - Ian Mayes, Only Correct, The Best of Corrections and Clarifications (Guardian Books, 2005) ISBN 978-184-354-465-4
- Ian Mayes, Corrections and Clarifications 2002 (Atlantic Books, 2002) ISBN 978-184-354-173-8
- Ian Mayes, Corrections and Clarifications (Fourth Estate, 2000) ISBN 978-184-115-608-8, and (Guardian Books, 2000) ISBN 978-184-115-603-3
External links
- Ian Mayes at The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Readers' Editor of The Guardian includes his Open Door column archives
- Corrections and Clarifications column in The Guardian
- Trust me, I'm an ombudsman, Ian Mayes, The British Journalism Review, Vol 14, No 2 2004 page 65-70.
- Organisation of News Ombudsmen official site
- The return of the apostrofly a brief history of the apostrofly
- "Recursive link to this Wiki article on Ian Mayes" in The Guardian 6 August 2005
- Writing wrongs: Guardian readers' editor Ian Mayes Press GazettePress GazettePress Gazette, formerly known as UK Press Gazette , is a British media trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press. It was first published in 1965, and currently has a circulation of about 2,500, although it had enjoyed higher circulations earlier in its history...
, January 12, 2007