John Robinson, the editor of the News & Record in Greensboro, North Carolina, just published a blog post that includes some interesting feedback from his readers. In a recent (unscientific) poll, members of the paper’s Readers Panel were asked a few questions related to corrections: I asked our Readers’ Panel whether publishing corrections hurts or [...]
Stinky Journalism noted an interesting article by the U.K.'s Press Gazette. It reported that the Press Complaints Commission, the self-regulatory body for U.K. media, will play a bigger role in determining where publications place corrections and apologies resulting from PCC findings. From the story: The committee that oversees the Editors' Code of Practice to which [...]
One common criticism of blogs is their supposed lack of factual reporting and a proper system for corrections. But many blogs do impressive work in both areas. Here’s one example. Torontoist recently announced a new corrections system. It incorporates a corrections box within the post, as well as a good use of tags, comments and [...]
