Corrections rock!
Because they make journalists better
We in the Public Editor's office love NPR's philosophy when it comes to corrections. NPR aspires to a thorough and healthy approach to fixing mistakes. In correcting inaccuracies, NPR names the error, includes a note on the story, and maintains a list of all the corrections in one place.
Fixing mistakes is a critical step to establishing a robust culture of accuracy. No newsroom on the planet gets things right 100% of the time. But when newsrooms make a habit of correcting their mistakes, individual journalists develop a deeper understanding of how to prevent errors in the future.
While no one takes corrections lightly, a healthy newsroom avoids layering on so much negative baggage to
