Editor's Note: This post has been updated. The St. Louis Police Department has instituted a new mobile fingerprint identification system in its North, South and Central Area Stations, as well as at the St. Louis City Justice Center, to help avoid wrongful arrests, according to Chief Sam Dotson. The new fingerprint technology was put into the stations after a series in the … [Read more...] about St. Louis acts to address wrongful arrests
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Social media campaign by former Post-Dispatch writer alleges mistakes in series about mistakes
The “Jailed by Mistake” project published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this past fall had all of the earmarks of enterprising journalism in the public interest. The series grew out of a letter that prisoner Dwayne A. Jackson sent the Post-Dispatch in January, 2012, complaining that he had spent three months in jail after St. Louis police picked him up on criminal charges … [Read more...] about Social media campaign by former Post-Dispatch writer alleges mistakes in series about mistakes
Letters to the editor point out error and cliche in fall edition
Following are a couple of letters to our editor about articles in the Fall 2013 edition: Hi Bill, I probably won't be the only one who points out that your "Editor's Note" on corrections misspelled a word in the lead paragraph. The lead paragraph!!!!! Dentyne is NOT spelled "Dentine." I'll look forward to the correction in the next issue. In the meantime, 1,000 … [Read more...] about Letters to the editor point out error and cliche in fall edition
Monumental muckups memorialized
When former New York Times Executive Editor Abraham “A.M.” Rosenthal died in May 2006, his obituary lauded his numerous accomplishments during his 56 years at the newspaper. He had won a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting and led the paper through coverage of the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers. He also was credited as initiating the now industry standard practice of … [Read more...] about Monumental muckups memorialized
Editor’s Note: Print media sets regrettable trend on corrections
My Paris correspondent had trouble walking, chewing gum and correctly using the English language. Heck, he didn’t even have to be meandering with a Dentyne wad in his mouth to muck up his mother tongue. I knew this, as I should, being his stateside editor. So imagine my great joy when I saw I’d be editing three Page 1 stories for the next day’s paper, and knowing that his … [Read more...] about Editor’s Note: Print media sets regrettable trend on corrections