National Policy Atlas · aep-001312
The State News
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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 permits some remedies and rules out others
On NSMPA's hand-compiled list of known policies (listed source).
“In such cases the least removal possible should be authorized — for instance, a name or a photograph may be removed rather than the entire work.”
“Material will not be removed in the interest of protecting a person’s reputation or improving their ability to find a job.”
| Remedy | Policy text (automated reading) | Practice (automated reading) |
|---|---|---|
| Removal / unpublishing | Permitted in policy text | None found |
| 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, Clarification, Retraction, and Removal Policy - The State News | Oct 11, 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.
15 quotes from this newsroom's own pages, found automatically
Not checked by hand yet, so check the source before quoting.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11793
The article, photograph or video will not be removed.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11794
The originally published material will not be removed.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11795
Material will not be removed in the interest of protecting a person’s reputation or improving their ability to find a job.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11796
Material will not be removed because current state news staff believe previously published coverage was poor.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11797
No published article, photograph, video, podcast, story comment, editorial, opinion column, graphic illustration or other published digital work will be removed by the State News Media Group except as provided in this policy.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11798
It is the intent of this policy that removal of content from any platform be very rare and take place only in the extraordinary circumstances Minor corrections — a fix to grammar, spelling, AP style, a date or a similar detail that does not affect the meaning of the work.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11799
Removal The newsroom student management team shall use the following standards in considering a request for removal: Material may be removed if the team believes the requester has a well-founded fear of physical harm, or that continued publication endangers a life.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11800
In such cases the least removal possible should be authorized — for instance, a name or a photograph may be removed rather than the entire work.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11801
If material is determined to be libelous, it will be removed from the website and a note published explaining why.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11802
Our online archives are part of the institutional memory of the newspaper and a historical record of our community.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11803
When a factual error is discovered in an article, photograph, video or other work published to any digital platform, the editor-in-chief has the authority to append a correction, clarification or other explanation to the originally published material, and to edit that material to correct the error.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11804
When it is discovered that subsequent events have made substantial changes to the facts in a previously published work, even though that work was accurate at the time of publication, the editor-in-chief has the authority to append updated information to the originally published material.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11805
Every correction or update made will carry an editor’s note at the end of the story identifying the change made and the date and time it was made.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11806
Updates or corrections may be added if the material is factually inaccurate.
- Retrieved Oct 11, 2026 · Read from the live page · NSMPA evidence 11807
Where the request concerns archived content and the error has been documented to the newsroom’s satisfaction, the decision to append an editor’s note rests solely with the current editor-in-chief and the general manager.
Cite this record
The Archive Ethics Project. The State News (aep-001312). National Policy Atlas. https://archiveethics.org/atlas/the-state-news. Accessed Oct 11, 2026.
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