There are more accuracy issues with online publishing. Eight newspapers in Southern Brazil are trying to stop this trend. They are starting by trying to get rid of their most common answers. The top five issues that add up to 53 percent of the mistakes are:
1. Names
2. Professions/positions/ages/political parties
3. Dates/numbers
4. Geography
5. E-mails/addresses/Web sites/telephones
These RBS Group has made an accuracy packet to help others in their efforts of online publishing. So far, their method of helping writers realize the common mistakes and drilling them into their head has helped tremendously in Southern Brazil. Hopefully, This method of madness can spread to insure an improved online publishing system. This is a great idea that seems to be working. Therefore, why not try it everywhere to see if online publishing can stop making journalistic mistakes. The way to fix mistakes is knowing what to look for to prevent those mistakes. This is precisely what the RBS Group is trying to accomplish.
If you would like to read more, here is the link to the article:
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=101&aid=137822
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