Featuring Desk corrects the record promptly, transparently and without quietly rewriting history. This Corrections policy explains what counts as a correction, how to request one, how we investigate and how changes are shown to readers. It applies to every desk, every section and every format published on featuringdesk.com, including headlines, standfirsts, body text, captions, graphics descriptions and video pages. The policy is part of our Code of Ethics and is overseen by the responsible desk editor.
A correction is required when a published factual claim is wrong in a way that could mislead a reasonable reader: a misstated name, title, date, figure, quotation, sequence of events or finding, or an image that does not show what its caption claims. Clarifications are used when a story was factually correct but incomplete or ambiguous enough to create a false impression. Style, spelling that does not change meaning and disagreements about emphasis are handled as updates or editor responses rather than formal corrections, though they are still taken seriously.
To request a correction, use the Contact page and include the full story address, the exact claim challenged, the correct information and a checkable source such as an official document, filing, published paper or direct statement. Requests that identify their evidence are investigated first. We compare the claim against primary material and, where needed, a second reputable source, and we may contact the original sources for confirmation. Anonymous assertions without evidence cannot by themselves sustain a correction, but they will prompt a re-check of our own sourcing.
When an error is confirmed, we correct the story at the point of error, add a dated correction note that states what was wrong and what is now correct, and update the story timestamp where the platform supports it. Headline errors are corrected in the headline itself, not only in body text. If an error undermines a story’s overall conclusion, the editor will consider a fuller update, an editor’s note or, in rare cases, withdrawal with an explanatory notice left at the original address so that external links do not silently disappear. Image errors are handled by replacing or removing the image and correcting its attachment record and caption.
We also correct proactively. Reporters who discover their own errors are required to flag them immediately, and routine follow-ups that reveal earlier figures have been revised by their publishers are noted in the updated story. Readers will therefore sometimes see a correction that nobody requested; that is intentional. A visible corrections habit is a sign of a working verification system, not of carelessness, and we would rather show our working than preserve a tidy but inaccurate archive.
Featuring Desk is published by 24World Media, 1411 N Sterling Ave, Palatine, IL 60067. Correction requests concerning syndicated versions of our stories on other outlets should also be sent here so that the originating desk can correct the master record and notify licensees.
How to read our correction notes
A correction note at Featuring Desk always states the date of the correction, what was wrong and what the correct position is, in plain language a reader who never saw the original version can still understand. Where figures have been revised by their original publisher — for example an agency restating a total — the note distinguishes between our transcription error, if any, and the publisher’s revision, so that responsibility is placed correctly. Updated stories that add new developments without correcting an error are labelled as updates rather than corrections, and the new material is dated so that the sequence of knowledge remains visible.
We keep a particular discipline with headlines and images because they travel furthest when shared. A corrected headline is changed wherever the site controls it and the note explains the change; a replaced image is removed from the story and its attachment record is amended so that the archive does not quietly retain the misleading version as the featured picture. Readers who shared the earlier version are encouraged to share the corrected story, and syndication partners are notified of substantive corrections so that licensed copies can be brought into line.
