By: E&P Staff Timothy J. McNulty, the Chicago Tribune's associate managing editor/foreign news, will replace Don Wycliff as its public editor, the paper announced Friday.
At the Tribune, the public editor serves as an ombudsman, investigating complaints about coverage and writing occasional columns about the paper's news decisions.
The appointment is effective March 12, and was made with a speed the paper has not always shown on its opinion pages, where the public editor column runs. The Tribune, for instance, has yet to replace editorial cartoonist Jeff McNelly, who died in June of 2000.
"The public editor has been an important role at the Chicago Tribune, and something of a model and beacon throughout our industry," Tribune Editor Ann Marie Lipinski said in a prepared statement. "We have been blessed with superb stewards in that post and, I believe, are blessed again by Tim."
She said McNulty was "wise and patient, attributes that will serve him well in this post."
McNulty, 58, replaces Don Wycliff, who was appointed last month as associate vice president for news and information at the University of Notre Dame.
At the Tribune, McNulty has been a reporter covering the White House, a foreign correspondent stationed in China and the Middle East, national editor, Tempo features section editor, and foreign editor.
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