CBS gives the newsroom a Public Eye

This September, in an effort to bring “transparency to the editorial operations of CBS News,” CBSNews.com is embarking on a new endeavor: a blog called Public Eye. While largely CBS news-centric, the blog plans to touch upon journalism issues in the news as well as the blogosphere and will feature video, pictures, guest bloggers and Webcasts. The blog plans to bring a “public eye” into the CBS newsroom, unveiling the reporting and production processes that go on behind the scenes.

“Public Eye is an opportunity for CBS News' audience and to hold CBS News more publicly accountable. But importantly, it is an opportunity for CBS News to be more open and accessible about why and how it makes the decisions that affect what millions of people see, hear and read,” announced CBS on its website.

The blog will be run by Vaughn Vevers, formerly the editor of The Hotline in Washington, joined by Brian Montopoli, a well-published writer and blogger for the Columbia Journalism Review, and Hillary Profita, a researcher from Nightline.