The Future of Corrections?

When a newspaper or other publication makes a mistake, they typically run a correction a day or two later in a section of the paper that no one ever reads. Usually it’s out of context: the reader probably no longer has the original story at hand, so they can’t re-evaluate what they read in light of the new facts.

So I was surprised and happy today to see that my alma mater’s campus newspaper is trying something new. They run the correction at the top of the story and republish the story via RSS. Here’s an example of a corrected story that showed up in my reader today. The correction is highlighted in bold between the byline and story proper, so it really stands out. It also is the only thing shown in the feed, which just displays excerpts. I hope this trend catches on.

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