EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Super Bowl Economics that moved Thursday, Oct. 21, under a LOS ANGELES dateline are asked to use the following correction. The error occurred in the 18th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

LOS ANGELES – An Oct. 21 Cronkite News story on the economic impact of the Super Bowl misquoted Chincie Mouton of Business Connect in Los Angeles in the 18th paragraph. Mouton said companies should review their digital media presence, including looking at “how are you carrying yourself on social media,” and should study “how to effectively write an RFP (request for proposal) response,” among other efforts.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Contraband Coalition that moved Wednesday, Oct. 6, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The errors occurred in the second, fifth, sixth and last grafs of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – An Oct. 6 Cronkite News story on a coalition fighting contraband smuggling included several errors. It should have said it was a 2018 report that said about 36% of cigarettes consumed in Arizona had been smuggled; that the coalition will present its recommendations to Congress; that the campaign is highlighting tobacco, but will also include fentanyl and human trafficking; and that it will focus on training and new information for local officials and law enforcement, and national strategies to fight illegal trade.

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

WASHINGTON – A Sept. 10 Cronkite News story about the 9/11 football game between the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy gave the wrong team for one of the players named. Tré Bugg is a senior defensive back for Air Force.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Tests Tank, that moved Monday, Aug. 30, under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the penultimate graf. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – An Aug. 30 Cronkite News story about standardized test scores for Arizona schools accidentally dropped a word in the penultimate paragraph. Erin Hart, senior vice president for Education Forward Arizona, said that standardized test scores are not the end-all, be-all.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News stories slugged BC-CNS-Nonessential Travel, that moved Monday, Aug. 23, and BC-CNS-Border Bummer, that moved Wednesday, June 23, both under a WASHINGTON dateline, are asked to run the following correction. A corrected version of the June story has been posted here, and of the August story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON—Two Cronkite News stories about the COVID-related ban on nonessential travel and its effect on border towns like Nogales incorrectly identified an organization cited. Andy Carey is executive director of the U.S.-Mexico Border Philanthropy Partnership.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Navajo Police Chief, that moved Friday, July 23, under a WINDOW ROCK dateline, are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the caption of a photo that ran with the story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WINDOW ROCK — A Cronkite News interview with Navajo Police Chief Phillip Francisco included a photo of telephones with a caption that incorrectly said the phones were in a former police station in Shiprock, New Mexico. The phones were in an abandoned Navajo Nation corrections facility.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-Too Hot to Hike” that moved Thursday, July 15, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the headline and throughout the story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A July 15 Cronkite News story about the Phoenix Parks and Recreation board’s new heat-related limits on hiking misstated the trigger for those restrictions. Trails at Camelback Mountain Preserve and Piestewa Peak will close from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on days when the National Weather Service issues an excessive heat watch. The story also misstated conditions that warrant an excessive heat watch. The NWS does not have a set temperature to issue those watches for Phoenix but bases those decisions on a variety of factors.

 

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS ASU Masks that moved Wednesday, June 16, under a TEMPE dateline, are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 2nd graph of the original story. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

TEMPE– A June 16 Cronkite News story on Arizona State University students’ reactions to Gov. Doug Ducey’s executive order blocking mask and vaccination policies misstated ASU’s guidance to students in the fall. The email said the university has an “expectation that all students enrolled in an on-campus academic program for 2021-22 will be vaccinated.”

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-Refugee Rush” that moved Monday, May 31, under a WASHINGTON dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 11th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – A May 31 Cronkite News story about the refugee admissions cap for fiscal 2021 misstated the name of the organization for one of the sources quoted. Dany Bahar is a fellow at the Brookings Institution.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged “BC-CNS-Firefighters and COVID” that moved Tuesday, March 2, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 13th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A March 2 Cronkite News story on COVID-19 and firefighters misstated the severity of the 2020 wildfire season. The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management says 2011 was the worst year for wildfires in the state over the last decade.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Nuclear Power LA, which moved Monday, April 19, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 10th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – An April 19 Cronkite News story on the potential role of nuclear power in reducing emissions mistakenly described uranium pellets. Fuel rods contain uranium pellets, but the terms cannot be used interchangeably.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Mobile COVID testing that moved Friday, April 16, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the caption of the second photo in the package. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A photo caption accompanying an April 16 Cronkite News story on mobile COVID-19 testing vans misidentified the people getting COVID-19 test results from phlebotomist Sarai Sweet at Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church in Phoenix. They were King Wilson, 27, and Ionia Wilson, 26.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Latinas Leadership that moved Tuesday, March 30, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 3rd graf of the original and in captions for three of the photos. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A March 30 Cronkite News story about the rise of Latinas in politics misstated the organization position for Esme Franco Ruiz. She is the board secretary for Aliento @ ASU, a hub of Aliento.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged Sports-Women Sports Media that moved Monday, April 12, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 16th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX– An April 12 Cronkite News story on women in sports media misstated the opponent of the New York Yankees in the 1998 World Series. The correct opponent is the Los Angeles Dodgers.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Vaccine Sixteen that moved Monday, March 22, under a WASHINGTON dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the second graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

WASHINGTON – A March 22 Cronkite News story on the state offering COVID-19 vaccine to Arizonans as young as 16 misstated when registration would open in Yuma County. The state-run vaccination site there will allow registration beginning at 11 a.m. Friday, March 26, for vaccinations the following week.

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS Veteran Flights that moved Friday, March 5, under a MESA dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 5th graf of the original and in a caption with a tight shot of Norman Langeliers. A corrected version of the story and photo caption has been posted here.

MESA – A March 5 Cronkite News story contained inaccurate information about World War II veteran Norman Langeliers’ military service, which was provided by the nonprofit that organized the flight. Langeliers says he was an engineer on the USS Bracken. Continue reading “CORRECTION to March 5 story on a veteran flight”

EDS: Clients who used a Cronkite News story slugged BC-CNS-Summer School Catchup that moved Thursday, March 4, under a PHOENIX dateline are asked to run the following correction. The error occurred in the 15th graf of the original. A corrected version of the story has been posted here.

PHOENIX – A March 4 Cronkite News story misquoted Tempe Elementary School District spokesperson Brittany Franklin, administrators there were not discussing whether to make summer school mandatory.