Experiencing Error: How Journalists Describe What It's Like When the Press Fails

Abstract

Corrections are a way for newspapers to amend the record when errors occur. However, while the process of correcting a mistake is influenced by industry norms, the experience of error is personal to each journalist who makes a mistake that gets printed. This research, which draws upon ethnographic techniques, explores how journalists in one newsroom experience error and their recommendations for how errors and their corrections should be handled.