Post-Publication: Check Your Skills

– Haley Sheriff, Copy Editor

Check Accuracy and Context

To make sure you quoted your sources correctly, and that you used all of your quotes in the correct context, copy this Credibility Questionnaire and email it to all of your sources.
Ask your source to email the completed form back to you.

If your source has no problems, great job!
But, if your source says something is wrong or confusing, write a correction or retraction and see Mrs. Oyler to publish.
Use the chart below to figure out the difference between a correction and a retraction.

Correction vs. Retraction
Correction	Retraction	Reasons
Corrections correct factual mistakes that do not affect main idea of story	Retractions correct factual errors that do affect main idea	They both prove dedication to accuracy and reliability, which builds trust, credibility and readership from audience

Citizen Media Law Project Web site. Correcting or Retracting Your Work. Citmedialaw. 2008. 5 July, 2011.

Mitsu, Diana. High School Journalism Initiative. HSJ.Org. 2010. 5 July, 2011.

Image reproduced with permission from Haley Sheriff.

Logo reproduced with permission from Liberty Public Schools.

Created by Lori Oyler, Adviser, loyler@liberty.k12.mo.us, July 22, 2011