Learning from mistakes made in the newsroom
Thu, 07/22/2010 - 15:41
Like all humans, journalists are far from perfect. It is inevitable that typos will be made, names misspelled, or sources misquoted (and in some cases, a wildly blatant error such as the Chicago Tribune’s 1948 headline “Dewey Defeats Truman” could be made).
A recent article by Mallory Jean Tenore of Poynter Online discusses the impact human error has on the news and with the help of Kathryn Schulz, author of Being Wrong, addresses the fallibility of journalists and how the fluid nature of the profession can lead to some of the mistakes mentioned above. Tenore also points out some reasons why news organizations don’t always correct their mistakes, and the need for corrections (and admitting that a mistake was made in the first place) for an organization to be able to restore trust in consumers.
Read the article here: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=186404
A recent article by Mallory Jean Tenore of Poynter Online discusses the impact human error has on the news and with the help of Kathryn Schulz, author of Being Wrong, addresses the fallibility of journalists and how the fluid nature of the profession can lead to some of the mistakes mentioned above. Tenore also points out some reasons why news organizations don’t always correct their mistakes, and the need for corrections (and admitting that a mistake was made in the first place) for an organization to be able to restore trust in consumers.
Read the article here: http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=186404
