Washington News Council — promoting fairness, accuracy, & balance in the news media Washington News Council promoting fairness accuracy balance in the news media Who we are The Washington News Council is an independent nonprofit statewide organization whose members share a common belief that fair accurate and balanced news media are vital to our democracy. We have been called an Outside Ombudsman or even Better Business Bureau for the news media in Washington LATEST NEWS PECAN 2015 PECAN is a large meteorology experiment sponsored by the National Science Foundation NSF the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA National Aeronautical and Space Administration NASA and the Department Of Energy DOE. The scientific goal of the project is to collect data before and during nighttime severe storms in order to learn how they form why some become severe and how to predict them better. The Washington News Councils Board of Directors has announced that the organization will close its doors on May 31 2014 after 15 years of holding this states news media publicly accountable for accuracy fairness and ethics.