The Washintgon Post is creating the position of Chief Experience Officer (CXO) “to strengthen the voice of the consumer in our product development and execution.”

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New products and major changes to existing products will now require approval by the Chief Experience Officer, says Weymouth. Her full memo is after the jump.

I hope the position and the ethos travels to the the newsroom and down to the reporters and editors creating the news product everyday. It’s a step toward achieving what I proposed on Tuesday: The reader as user.