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Public Eye's fundamental mission is to bring transparency to the editorial operations of CBS News — transparency that is unprecedented for broadcast and online journalism.
And what, exactly, is transparency? It has several aspects, but most simply it is this: the journalists who make the important editorial decisions at CBS News and CBSNews.com will now be asked to explain and answer questions about those decisions in a public forum.
Public Eye will be run by a team of independent and experienced journalists. They will take questions, criticisms and observations from our vast and articulate audience to the people of CBS News and try to come back with some answers, explanations and analyses. The Public Eye team will also report on CBS News, working sources, talking to the reporters, producers and executives who make the news, not just to the press office.
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And what, exactly, is transparency? It has several aspects, but most simply it is this: the journalists who make the important editorial decisions at CBS News and CBSNews.com will now be asked to explain and answer questions about those decisions in a public forum.
Public Eye will be run by a team of independent and experienced journalists. They will take questions, criticisms and observations from our vast and articulate audience to the people of CBS News and try to come back with some answers, explanations and analyses. The Public Eye team will also report on CBS News, working sources, talking to the reporters, producers and executives who make the news, not just to the press office.
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Brian Montopoli
Brian Montopoli is senior political reporter for CBSNews.com. In addition to writing for the "Political Hotsheet" blog and elsewhere on the website, he regularly offers political analysis on CBS Radio and on the CBS News broadcasts "Washington Unplugged" and "Up to the Minute."
Until Sept. 2007, Montopoli was editor of Public Eye, the innovative CBS News blog bringing greater transparency to CBS News and the rest of the media. Before coming to CBS News, he covered the media's performance covering the 2004 presidential campaign for Columbia Journalism Review.
Montopoli has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Salon, Legal Affairs and The Washington Monthly, among other outlets, and has appeared on National Public Radio, "This American Life" and MSNBC.
Montopoli graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 1999 with degrees in English and Economics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Until Sept. 2007, Montopoli was editor of Public Eye, the innovative CBS News blog bringing greater transparency to CBS News and the rest of the media. Before coming to CBS News, he covered the media's performance covering the 2004 presidential campaign for Columbia Journalism Review.
Montopoli has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Slate, Salon, Legal Affairs and The Washington Monthly, among other outlets, and has appeared on National Public Radio, "This American Life" and MSNBC.
Montopoli graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University in 1999 with degrees in English and Economics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
