Maintenance
Follow-up and correction checklist for a daily news desk
Correction checklist for intake, urgency, evidence, labels, notes, version history, headlines, alerts, media, partner feeds, reader replies, and follow-ups.
Archive
October 2026
Reviews
Correction, clarification, update, editor's note, and retraction compared
Correction formats compared across updates, clarifications, correction notes, editor's notes, withdrawals, retractions, changed versions, and follow-ups.
Guides
How a correction and update log works, step by step
A correction and update log works step by step: open a case, preserve the version, test evidence, record the decision, document the repair, schedule closure.
Features
How headlines track a close local election: a fictional case
How a news desk words each update of a close local election count, shown with a fictional Lake County case from election night to recount.
Rules
Election reporting problems: counts, audits and claims
Election reporting problems explained: why counts change after election night, what "100 percent precincts" means, and how audits, recounts and claims differ.
Reviews
Election audits, recounts, canvass, and certification compared
Election processes compared across unofficial results, canvass, audits, certification, recounts, projections, finance filings, and court cases.
Guides
How to read an election results page without misreading the count
Read the election results page issuer, timestamp and status label before any margin, then follow the count through canvass, audit and certification.