Comments on: Corrections are bug reports http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/corrections-are-bug-reports/ A collaborative effort to figure out the future of journalism. A project of Harvard University. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 11:28:00 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: MediaBugs rethinks corrections by taking a page from programmers » Nieman Journalism Lab http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/corrections-are-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-20249 MediaBugs rethinks corrections by taking a page from programmers » Nieman Journalism Lab Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:34:44 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5270#comment-20249 [...] a revolutionary idea, but a good one, and when Tim Windsor pointed to it here, the suggestion of a bug-tracking system for news prompted an excellent question from [...] [...] a revolutionary idea, but a good one, and when Tim Windsor pointed to it here, the suggestion of a bug-tracking system for news prompted an excellent question from [...]

]]> By: Tim Windsor http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/corrections-are-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-16541 Tim Windsor Tue, 26 May 2009 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5270#comment-16541 Hadn't thought of this until your question, but there are lots of bug-tracking systems out there already. Yes, they're optimized for software bug-reporting, but they could easily be adopted for usage in an editorial environment. http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Configuration_Management/Bug_Tracking// That said, the simplest answer is to use comments and email for the conversation. News stories could also explicitly solicit feedback on their accuracy and the resulting email could include a link back to the story in question to speed the internal workflow. We had such a system at The Baltimore Sun years ago, and it worked like a charm. Online editors, section editors and the bylined reporter would all get a copy of the comment as soon as it was submitted. Hadn’t thought of this until your question, but there are lots of bug-tracking systems out there already. Yes, they’re optimized for software bug-reporting, but they could easily be adopted for usage in an editorial environment.

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Configuration_Management/Bug_Tracking//

That said, the simplest answer is to use comments and email for the conversation. News stories could also explicitly solicit feedback on their accuracy and the resulting email could include a link back to the story in question to speed the internal workflow. We had such a system at The Baltimore Sun years ago, and it worked like a charm. Online editors, section editors and the bylined reporter would all get a copy of the comment as soon as it was submitted.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/05/corrections-are-bug-reports/comment-page-1/#comment-16540 Daniel Tue, 26 May 2009 19:53:53 +0000 http://www.niemanlab.org/?p=5270#comment-16540 So... who's going to build it? So… who’s going to build it?

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