Corrections Policy

Gettysburg Connection is committed to accuracy in reporting and welcomes information about errors or omissions that warrant correction or clarification. Email cstangor@gettysburgconnection.org.

Stories with corrections will be updated with the corrected information, and corrections will be noted at the bottom of the story for transparency.

When we publish erroneous information on social networks, we should correct it on that platform. When we publish erroneous information in email newsletters, we should correct it on that platform.

We do not attribute blame to individual reporters or editors (e.g. “because of a reporting error” or “because of an editing error”). But we may note that an error was the result of a production problem or because incorrect information came to us from a trusted source (wire services, individuals quoted, etc.).

Definitions

Corrections: If we are substantively correcting an article, photo caption, headline, graphic, video or other material, we should promptly publish a correction explaining the change.

Clarification: When our journalism is factually correct but the language we used to explain those facts is not as clear or detailed as it should be, the language should be rewritten and a clarification added to the story. A clarification can also be used to note that we initially failed to seek a comment or response that has since been added to the story or that new reporting has shifted our account of an event.