How does Poynter handle corrections when you get something wrong?
Online, we summarize our corrections policy like this: We do our best to correct mistakes on Poynter Online as promptly as possible. If you spot one, please let us know. If a minor mistake is caught quickly and fixed online, no correction is posted. If its more substantial and has been posted for more than a few minutes, a correction is posted to the column and in the main corrections area (http://www.poynter.org/corrections) of Poynter Online. In print, mistakes are corrected in the next issue of the publication, with some exceptions. The 1999 edition of “Best Newspaper Writing”, for example, included a four-page addendum alerting readers that an incorrect version of a winning article had been included in the book. The insert also included the correct version of the article. Q: What are the procedures for editing the work published on Poynter Online? A: In some cases, notably Leading Lines and Journalism with a Difference, a Poynter faculty member does a first edit before sending the
