We are going to get something wrong eventually. Every newsroom does. What separates a trustworthy one from the rest is what happens next.
When we make a mistake, we fix it, we say what we fixed, and we leave the record visible. We do not quietly edit a story and pretend it always said that.
Tell us
Email corrections@stjoecurrent.org with the story headline or link and what you believe is wrong. If you have documentation, send it.
You do not need to be the subject of the story to request a correction. Anyone can flag an error.
What happens next
We acknowledge every corrections request within two business days.
We check it against our reporting, our notes, and our sources. If we were wrong, we fix it fast. If we were not, we tell you why, and we tell you directly rather than ignoring the email.
Corrections are approved by the Editorial Director before they publish.
What we call things
Correction. We published something factually wrong. A name, a number, a date, a title, a quote, a characterization. The story gets fixed and gets a correction note.
Clarification. What we published was accurate but could be misread or was missing context that changes how it reads. The story gets updated and gets a clarification note.
Update. New information came in after publication. The story was right when it ran. We add the new facts with a timestamp.
Retraction. The core of the story was wrong. We say so plainly at the top of the story, we explain what happened, and we do not delete the original.
How corrections appear
Every correction and clarification gets a dated note at the bottom of the story explaining what changed. Significant corrections also get a note at the top.
If the error was in a headline, in a social post, or in the newsletter, we correct it there too. A fix that only readers of the original story see is not a real fix.
Corrections are collected on this page so the whole record is in one place.
Unpublishing
We do not unpublish stories on request.
Published journalism is part of the public record. Removing it because a subject is embarrassed, has changed jobs, or does not like how a search result looks would make the record unreliable.
Narrow exceptions: we will consider removal if publication creates a genuine safety risk, if the material was published in error, or if a court orders it. Those decisions are made by the Editorial Director, not by whoever is asking.
If a story about you is outdated, we would rather update it with what happened since than erase it.