I owe Steve Buttry a big favor. In October I went to Washington to attend the Online News Association's conference. Buttry, who is the director of community engagement at TBD, invited me to give a presentation about errors and accuracy at American University. This was part of TBD and AU's series of blogging workshops. You [...]
I’m very pleased to report that my book, Regret the Error: How Media Mistakes Pollute the Press and Imperil Free Speech, has won the 2008 Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism (Book) from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The Club recently announced the winners, and there’s also a blog post here. I’ll be [...]
Attention Montreal readers: I’m giving a free lunchtime talk about press errors, corrections and accuracy at the Atwater Library (1200 Atwater) on January 30 at 12:30 p.m. I’ll be sharing some information from my book and this site. Please come by. Here are the details: Regretting Errors: The History And Current State of Media Accuracy, [...]
Jeff Jarvis, who blogs at BuzzMachine, writes and consults for The Guardian, and also teaches journalism at CUNY, was gracious enough to write the foreword for the Regret the Error book. He has posted an excerpt of his excellent contribution on his blog. Below is an excerpt of the excerpt, but you should go read [...]
