Apology
An expression of regret or sorrow by a publication for an error in judgement or lapse in journalistic ethics.
Correction
Statements that "make right" the journalistic record.
Editor's Note
An introductory paragraph(s) to introduce a story or series or to provide background on the topic or newsgathering process.
Clarification
A post-publication explanation for something that was published that may raise questions about the story or the means through which the story was acquired.
Retraction
A withdrawal of an entire story or other piece of content.
Anonymous Source
Source whose name is changed or omitted in a story to protect the source from harm.
Balance
In writing, refers to facts in stories being given proper emphasis, putting each fact into its proper relationship to every other fact.
Confidentiality
Protecting the identity of a source because of real danger.
Conflict of Interest
A reason to disqualify a reporter or photographer from covering an event in which he or she has substantial personal involvement.
Ethics
Codes of conduct that guide journalists in the pursuit of truth and the news gathering process.
Fabrication
Creating a person, a situation, a dialogue, statistics or any pivotal or incidental information and passing it off as real.
Paraphrase
Rewording of information from a source. It does not require quotation marks but does require attribution.
Plagiarism
Taking someone's words, art and other original work and passing it off as one's own.
Source
The people the journalists interview for the story.