EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Tweet Retreat that moved Friday, Aug. 10, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the third graf of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – An Aug. 10 Cronkite News story on the impact that Twitter’s purge of suspicious accounts had on Arizona lawmakers’ followers misidentified one of the experts quoted. Joseph Garcia is the director of communication and community impact at ASU’s Morrison Center for Public Policy.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Sheriff Evidence that moved Thursday, July 26, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The errors occurred in the second, seventh and 16th grafs of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – A July 26 Cronkite News story about a federal appeals court overturning an ICE case against a Valley businessman misspelled the businessman’s first name and his attorney’s last name. Bret Frimmel is the owner of Frimmel Management and he was represented by Leon Silver.

 

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Lawnmower Clean Air that moved Tuesday, July 3, under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the fifth graf of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A July 3 Cronkite News story about a Maricopa County program encouraging residents to switch from gasoline-powered lawn mowers to zero-emission mowers provided the wrong amount of pollution that would be reduced. It is 21 tons.

 

EDS: Clients who used the Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Spell Bound that moved Wednesday, May 30, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in graf 14 of the original. An updated version of the story can be found here.

WASHINGTON – A May 30 Cronkite News story on the Scripps National Spelling Bee misquoted one of the students in the bee. Daniel Wu placed in the top five in his class spelling bee, but won his schoolwide bee.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Heat Relief that moved Monday, June 4, under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The errors occurred in the sixth and seventh grafs of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A June 4 Cronkite News story about heat-relief efforts incorrectly identified the spokesman for the Salvation Army’s Southwest division. His name is Scott Johnson. The story also incorrectly listed the entity that coordinates the Heat Relief Network. It is the Maricopa Association of Governments.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Golf Water that moved Thursday, May 31, under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the 20th graf of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A May 31 Cronkite News story on golf course irrigation a incorrectly stated the estimated cost of the pipeline. The estimated cost is $9.5 million.

EDS: Clients who used the Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Bigger Cities that moved Monday, May 28, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred throughout the original. An updated version of the story can be found here.

WASHINGTON – A May 28 Cronkite News story on new Census Bureau figures on population growth in Phoenix and Buckeye misspelled the name of an official quoted in the story. David Roderique is the economic development director for the city of Buckeye.

EDS: Clients who used the story slugged “BC-CNS-Aging With Down Syndrome” that moved May 25 under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred the 15th paragraph. The updated version that can be found here.

PHOENIX – A May 25 Cronkite News story about the increasing life expectancy for those with Down syndrome incorrectly identified the name and location of Dr. Brian Chicoine’s health clinic. He is the medical director at the Advocate Medical Group Adult Down Syndrome Center in Park Ridge, Illinois.

EDS: Clients who used the story slugged BC-CNS-Forgotten Schools that moved May 11 under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following correction, and to kill or replace any previous versions of the story with the updated version that can be found here.

WASHINGTON – A May 11 Cronkite News story on the struggles of Native American education incorrectly attributed some information to New Mexico tribal education specialist Regina Bitsoi, who said she did not speak with a Cronkite News reporter. The quote in question has been deleted from the story.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-Puerto Rico Schools” that moved Tuesday, May 8, under a CIDRA, Puerto Rico, dateline, are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred throughout the story and in cutlines. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

A May 8 Cronkite News story about parents, school officials and students at a Cidra, Puerto Rico, school who are struggling to recover from the damage left behind by Hurricane Maria inadvertently transposed the school’s name. It is the Luis Muñoz Iglesias K-12 School.

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-Climate Change ” that moved Monday, April 30, under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – An April 30 Cronkite News story about climate change in Arizona incorrectly said climate researchers predicted Arizona could be unlivable by 2050. Climate researchers said a changing climate would have substantial effects on the demand for water by 2060, but they did not use the word “unlivable.” That was used by the news site Vice in a story on the report. The Cronkite article also referenced a 2012 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation report on Lake Mead water levels, but incorrectly stated that the lake was at its lowest level since 2011. USBR readings show that the lake level was far lower in 2016. It continues to fluctuate, but the lake is now higher than 2016.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-AZ National Guard and CBP” that moved Wednesday, April 11, under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the 2nd graf and a photo caption of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – An April 11 Cronkite News story about the deployment of Arizona National Guard troops to the border gave an incorrect title for Maj. Gen. Michael McGuire. He is adjutant general of the Arizona National Guard.

 

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-School Resource Officers that moved Tuesday, April 3, under an AVONDALE dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the 16th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

AVONDALE – An April 3 Cronkite News story about school resource officers on Arizona campuses named the wrong school for Officer Edward Toves in one part of the story. He is on the Westview High School campus.

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-DACA In-State Tuition” that moved Monday, April 2, under a PHOENIX dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the fourth graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – An April 2 Cronkite News story on a protest over the question of in-state tuition for DACA recipients misquoted one of the protesters. Belen Sisa said the state has been attacking DACA recipients’ “right to an equitable education.”

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Tribes Opioids that moved Monday, March 19, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following correction. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – A March 19 Cronkite News story on the impact of opioids on Native Americans misspelled the name of a source quoted in the story. The senior policy analyst for the National Congress of American Indians is named Josh Pitre.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Native AMBER that moved Monday, Feb. 26, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to use the following correction. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – A Feb. 26 Cronkite News story on Congress voting to expand AMBER alert coverage to tribal lands misspelled the name of Virginia Davis, senior policy adviser for the National Congress of American Indians. The story also quoted a lawmaker who cited an incorrect number of federally recognized tribes. There are currently 573 such tribes.

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Arizona Farmers that moved Friday, Feb. 9, under a CASA GRANDE dateline, are asked to use the following correction. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

CASA GRANDE – A Feb. 9 Cronkite News story on Arizona farmers grappling with the effects of long-term drought misspelled the name of one of the sources in the story. Andrew Berardy is a food-systems postdoctoral research associate at Arizona State University.

 

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News Story slugged Sports-Phoenix Open Growth that moved Monday, Jan. 29, under a PHOENIX  dateline, are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the 12th paragraph of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A January 29 Cronkite News story on the growth of the Waste Management Phoenix Open had an incorrect figure for the amount of non-Arizona residents attending the tournament last year. According to a study by Arizona State’s W.P. Carey School of Business and ASU’s L. William Seidman Research Institute, 99,887 attended the event.