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The Great Typo Hunt
Two friends, one summer, 400 error-ridden signs
By Craig Silverman Aug 13, 2010 at 11:29 AM
It’s undoubtedly a small subset of people who could be described as “grammar vigilantes,” and it’s an even smaller slice... More
Retraction Action
Oransky and Marcus keep tabs on retracted scientific papers
By Craig Silverman Aug 9, 2010 at 06:00 AM
Late last month, the editors of The Lancet Oncology published an “expression of concern” regarding a paper published in 2007.... More
How WikiLeaks Outsourced the Burden of Verification
To the Times, The Guardian, and Der Spiegel
By Craig Silverman Jul 30, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Julian Assange is upset with The New York Times for talking with the White House about WikiLeaks’s trove of Afghanistan... More
A Front-and-Center Corrections Policy
TBD.com launches its policy before launching site
By Craig Silverman Jul 23, 2010 at 11:15 AM
Prior to publishing the first and, as it would turn out, only edition of his 1690 newspaper, Publick Occurrences, Both... More
Canadian Media in Crisis
Reporters and citizens struggle with aftermath of G20 Summit
By Craig Silverman Jul 16, 2010 at 11:33 AM
Though it seemed to register barely a ripple outside of the host country, the G20 Summit held three weeks ago... More
Regret the Error’s Summer Reading List
Beach reading for the corrections hound
By Craig Silverman Jul 9, 2010 at 11:27 AM
This is the time of year when people and publications offer their picks of the best books for summer reading.... More
Radical Transparency at Daily Kos
Blog owns up to inaccurate polling
By Craig Silverman Jul 2, 2010 at 10:53 AM
In 2007, Wired published an issue that focused on the emergence of “radical transparency” in business. “Get Naked and Rule... More
A Conversation with Andrew Alexander
The Washington Post ombudsman on the paper’s corrections process
By Craig Silverman Jun 25, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Sooner or later, any news ombudsman or public editor will end up addressing the issues of accuracy, errors, and corrections.... More
And That’s Not the Way It Is
W. Joseph Campbell busts some persistent media myths
By Craig Silverman Jun 18, 2010 at 02:22 PM
Journalism is a profession built on storytelling, so it’s no surprise that its history is filled with some remarkable tales.... More
Report the Error
Scott Rosenberg’s quest for a universal corrections button
By Craig Silverman Jun 11, 2010 at 10:50 AM
Many of the corrections that appear in the press are notable thanks to the significance or amusing nature of the... More
Toxic Twins
When words are similar in spelling but very different in meaning
By Craig Silverman Jun 4, 2010 at 10:32 AM
Utter the phrase “toxic twins” and most people immediately think of Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith. (Just ask... More
Polygraphs and Private Eyes
Inside the National Enquirer’s elaborate fact-checking process
By Craig Silverman May 28, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Prior to returning my call, Barry Levine was on the phone with one of his reporters, discussing a source they... More
Facts and Fiction
A small literary magazine lists all of its mistakes—ever
By Craig Silverman May 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Taddle Creek is a small literary magazine with big accuracy ambitions. Back in 2007, the twice-a-year Canadian publication with a... More
Correction as Weapon: Self-Inflicted Wounds
Was this week’s most profane correction targeted at a news site, or its subject?
By Craig Silverman May 14, 2010 at 01:06 PM
Can you tell what’s going on in this 2001 correction/apology published by the Ottawa Citizen? The Ottawa Citizen and Southam... More
The End of Accuracy?
In a world of information abundance, fact-checking might be more important than ever
By Craig Silverman May 7, 2010 at 12:11 PM
Is accuracy an outdated value? That's not normally a question I'd pose, but it was raised in a recent opinion... More
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
This is the best moment to be in journalism (25)
The WSJ editorial page hits rock bottom (19)
What was James Rosen thinking?
How much of Rosen’s trouble is of his own making?
Cat Fall: A modern tragedy
Max Fisher and the problem with foreign-affairs blogging
“I hope my nudity doesn’t bother you. We’re completely committed to openness here”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
