Checking Your Facts
Checking Your Facts
The coverage process for BSU Spirit Week was similar to that of the school-wide Spirit Week. As a member of BSU and a supporter of my fellow staff members on The Muse, I read and shared stories from this period of coverage. However, I noticed copy errors and a lack of name-checking. Immediately, I notified both the writer of the story and the web editor to fix the mistakes.
In this photo, you can see one of the name corrections. Not only is name-checking a basic necessity, but it reflects poorly upon the publication when we do not do it. Also, members of BSU were excited to see this coverage, so they were sharing it with their friends (and also broadcasting our errors).
Every staffer cannot always add another coverage project to their workload, but there is a plethora of possible story ideas that are sometimes passed over because the person who heard about the topic cannot write it.
Our readers hold a high sense of trust in our publication, and it is imperative that we meet these standards with correct information.
To contradict the spread of misinformation, making our publication a news source that spreads accurate and important information is important to me.
Writing briefs allows the student body to be informed with fresh, quick information.
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