The Guardian corrects suspect’s age in Kido nursery cyber-attack coverage
The Guardian has corrected its reporting to state that both suspects arrested in the Kido nursery cyber-attack are 17 years old.
Earlier coverage incorrectly described one of them as being 22.
Mislabeling age risks stirring unnecessary speculation about agency, intent, and the legal framework around juvenile versus adult offenders.
New York Times corrects academic titles of Nobel laureates in physics coverage
The New York Times has corrected its reporting to state that Michel Devoret was a postdoctoral researcher and John Martinis a graduate student at the time of their Nobel-winning work.
An earlier version of the article had reversed their academic titles.
The correction matters because errors in scientific attribution, however small, can distort the story of collaboration and recognition that underpins major discoveries.
The Guardian corrects obituary of Eric Midwinter after misstating his role in founding U3A
The Guardian has amended its obituary of Eric Midwinter, the educationist and writer who died in August aged 93, after misstating his role in the origins of the University of the Third Age (U3A).
The original obituary, published on August 30, stated that Midwinter co-founded the international U3A in 1992. In fact, he was among the founders of the UK movement in 1982, drawing on a model first developed in France in the 1970s.
CBC North retracts claim that evacuated N.W.T. students had secured school placements in Yellowknife
CBC North has issued a correction after wrongly reporting that students from Whatì and Fort Providence, two communities evacuated due to wildfires, had already been accepted into Yellowknife schools. The clarification matters not only for accuracy but for the families caught in the uncertainty of displacement. The original story stated that students were continuing their education in Yellowknife Education District No. 1.