Romenesko

Sacramento Bee
The Bee gave away the ending to "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" a day after the book's public release. Many readers, of course, were upset, "and I can't say I blame them, particularly since the paper had avoided spoiling the ending in other stories and, really, what was the point?" writes ombud Armando Acuna. || More editor/ombud columns:
> Plain Dealer gets complaints about obits for Potter book characters (PD)
> Union-Tribune staffer critical of his paper's gay pride parade story (U-T)
> Star-Telegram clarifies political involvement rules after recent flap (S-T)
> Times-Union requires editor's OK to run anonymously sourced info (T-U)
> Readers accuse ombuds of being "shills for the company line" (SL Trib)
> Givhan's controversial Clinton piece has Howell wincing, fascinated (WP)
> Stephan apologizes to readers offended by Huffaker cartoon/See it (CS)
> Sports photog: If the NFL vest is on me, it's not in any of my photos (ST)
> What's next? News orgs required to use photos supplied by NFL? (RMN)
> Copy editors' work is just as important as the work of reporters (HC)