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<DIV class="date_line post_info"><SPAN class=date><STRONG>FYI, but mainly for
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<DIV class="date_line post_info"><SPAN class=date><STRONG>A New Way to Report
and Error</STRONG></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class="date_line post_info"><SPAN class=date>December 15, 2010</SPAN> -
Posted by <SPAN class=author>Dana Lacey</SPAN> </DIV>
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<DIV class=article><SPAN class="content feature"><A
href="http://reportanerror.org/" target=_blank>Report An Error</A> is a new site
that offers news organizations an easy way to allow readers to report
inaccuracies in stories.<BR><BR><IMG title=reporterror_med alt=""
src="http://reportanerror.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/reporterror_med1.png"
width=25 height=25> REPORT AN ERROR.<BR><BR>The initiative was launched by two
error-hunting journalists: Craig Silverman of corrections blog (and book) <A
href="http://www.regrettheerror.com/" target=_blank>Regret the Error</A> and
Scott Rosenberg of <A href="http://mediabugs.org/" target=_blank>MediaBugs</A>.
<BR><BR>“We’ve seen the maturation of online journalism, but corrections and
error reporting haven’t advanced at the same rate," Silverman told <A
href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/ombudsman/2010/12/08/131736356/corrections-basic-journalistic-hygiene"
target=_blank>NPR </A>in an interview. “In the online environment, mistakes move
much farther and faster. It’s extremely important we do our best to prevent and
correct them. It’s just basic journalistic hygiene.”<BR><BR>The idea: news
organizations (and individuals) put Report An Error's free icon (a simple black
and red X/arrow combo, see above) at the top of each story page, so as to allow
readers to report errors without leaving the story, or sending them on a hunt
for the proper procedure. <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><BR><BR>The Toronto
Star</SPAN> has long had a "report an error" icon at <A
href="http://www.thestar.com/business/article/902135%E2%80%94why-your-facebook-page-is-changing-this-week"
target=_blank>the end of each article</A>, in hopes of turning its readers into
de facto factcheckers. The reports are reviewed by the <SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Star</SPAN>'s public editor Kathy English. <A
href="http://www.salon.com/" target=_blank><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Salon </SPAN></A>and <A
href="http://www.poynter.org/" target=_blank><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">PoynterOnline</SPAN> </A>also use the
icon.<BR><BR>“If someone is reading an article and they see a mistake, most
aren’t going to search for a way to report an error,” Silverman told NPR. “We
are really losing a lot of corrections because news organizations make it so
difficult to report a mistake.”<BR><BR>The reporting of errors is the easy part,
Silverman notes. He hopes the <A
href="http://reportanerror.org/alliance-members/" target=_blank>Report An Error
Alliance </A>-- 82 members strong, at the time of this post -- will encourage
newsrooms to streamline and perfect how they publish corrections.
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