Andrew Alexander, the Washington Post’s ombudsman, has reached the end of his two-year term and will be moving on to other things. At the bottom of his
is a little italicized memento of his reign: the old message telling readers to
look online for “daily updates”
of the ombudsman’s blog has given way to a message promoting “mid-week updates.”
Good thing it doesn’t specify where in the middle, or the middle of how many weeks: the
on Alexander’s blog—in which he discussed the fact that more men than women write letters to the Post—went up Tuesday, January 18. Before that, the last entry was
.
“In the end, it’s all about quality,” Alexander wrote, wrapping his goodbye. It sure wasn’t about quantity.