National Policy Atlas · aep-001104
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
What an automated search found
From NSMPA, which read this newsroom's website. Nobody has checked it by hand yet, and it isn't our classification; we haven't classified this newsroom yet.
Policy text: updates or follow-ups only
On NSMPA's hand-compiled list of known policies, noted as “Exceptional unpublishing” (listed source).
“In the rare cases where unpublishing may be necessary (broken embargo, copyright violation, duplication, legal updates, etc.), contact your editor, who will then contact the Editor and Managing Editors for further guidance on how to properly handle the request to unpublish.”
| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Permitted in policy text | Seen in practice |
| Search-engine de-indexing | Not addressed | None found |
| Anonymization or redaction | Not addressed | None found |
| Update for later developments | Permitted in policy text | — |
Policy pages
| Page | First seen | Checked by us |
|---|---|---|
| Correction policy: post-gazette.com Style Book | Oct 8, 2026 | Not yet |
"First seen" is when a page was first read, by us or by NSMPA. It isn't the date the policy was adopted, and pages not yet checked may describe something other than a policy on old stories.
12 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically
Not checked by hand yet, so check the source before quoting.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 883
In the rare cases where unpublishing may be necessary (broken embargo, copyright violation, duplication, legal updates, etc.), contact your editor, who will then contact the Editor and Managing Editors for further guidance on how to properly handle the request to unpublish.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 886
Publishing new information in live edit: Our policy is to update online articles with facts or developments that we can verify.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 887
While it is impossible to follow up every arrest or adjudication, we are obligated to add new information that is provided to the PG and/or reported by the PG, and approved by a supervisor.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 888
If an article is inaccurate, we will correct it, or if relevant new information emerges, we will update it or do a follow-up story.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 889
Here is an example of a local police blotter item updated to reflect that the case was dismissed.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 890
Updated, Jan. 31, 2013: [name withheld], 25, of Carnegie, was charged Feb. 10, 2012 with harassment after a dispute with neighbors, police said.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 892
Don’t repeat the error: In writing corrections, we should conform to the language that appears in the PG stylebook: “Generally, errors should not be repeated in the process of trying to correct them unless doing so makes the correction clearer, which it sometimes does.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 893
post-gazette.com Correction policy The basics for Web: Corrections/content updates: Our policy is to correct content mistakes as quickly as possible.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 894
Web editors frequently are asked by reporters to fix errors in online files without first consulting supervisors or appending corrections, but editors must approve any changes after a story has been posted/published.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 895
Corrections will be posted at the end of the story unless a supervisor, after consulting a masthead editor, deems the error of fact so significant that the correction should sit atop the story.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 896
This is the style ( Editor’s note , posted on xxxx) that we will follow: Editor's note , posted Jan. 14, 2013: A story on nursing home quality produced by PublicSource, an investigative news group, and published by the Post-Gazette on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, has been corrected and updated.
- Retrieved Oct 8, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 897
Step one: Create a file in Libercus slugged CORRECTXXXXXX Step two: Write a correction that explains what story we’re referring to, when and where it ran and gives the correction information, without repeating the error.
Cite this record
The Archive Ethics Project. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (aep-001104). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/pittsburgh-post-gazette. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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