How should an online publication handle corrections when it publishes a mistake? Should the error remain in the text but flagged? Corrected with an editor's note? Or should the mistake be struck out?

This Flash screencast, Best Practices in Correcting Errors, looks at corrections policies at online publications, including CNET, the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and blogs like BoingBoing.

Producers: Laura Lo Forti, J.D. Lasica
Narration: Lisa Padilla
Format: Flash (download Flash here)
Length: 4:22

Related:
• Washingtonpost.com editor Jim Brady explains how the news site handles corrections.