Accuracy is the whole point of what we do, so when we publish something wrong, we want to fix it, and we want you to be able to see that we did.
Reporting an error
If you spot a mistake in one of our stories, email mary@thenotabledaily.com and tell us which article and what’s wrong. If you can point us to a source that shows the correct information, even better, since it helps us check faster. Every report reaches Mary C. Green and the editorial team, and we read all of them.
How we handle it
When a correction request comes in, we check it against the original sources before we change anything, the same way we check a story before it runs. If you’re right, we correct it. If the story turns out to be accurate, we’ll usually reply and explain what our sourcing says. We don’t ignore reports, and we don’t quietly delete a story to make a problem go away.
How corrections appear
Small fixes like a typo or a broken link, we simply correct. For anything that changes the substance or meaning of a story, we add a note to the article saying what we changed and when, so the record is clear. We don’t edit a factual error out of a piece and pretend it was never there.
Developing stories
Some stories change as new information comes out. When we update a developing story with new facts, we may mark it as updated with the date. This is different from a correction. An update adds new information, while a correction fixes something we got wrong, and where the distinction matters we make clear which one happened.
Contact
To report an error or ask about a correction, email mary@thenotabledaily.com.
