Brauna submits explanation to LSM board over storm coverage
Latvian Public Media (LSM) editor-in-chief Anita Brauna has submitted the explanation requested by the LSM board regarding the outlet's coverage of this month's storm. The board had asked for clarification on the editorial response to the situation.
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Anita Brauna, editor-in-chief of Latvian Public Media (LSM), has submitted a written explanation to the LSM board that had been requested in connection with the outlet's handling of coverage of this month's storm.
In the explanation, Brauna sets out her account of the editorial team's actions as well as her own personal conduct in the specific situation, which concerns how LSM journalists informed the public during the storm.
LSM has informed media outlets that the explanation has been submitted, though further details about its contents or any subsequent decisions by the board have not yet been made public.
The fact that the board requested a formal explanation from the editor-in-chief points to the seriousness with which the matter of LSM's storm coverage is being treated within the public broadcaster.
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