Corrections

Article: How Bay Area and national media made the call (Make the call: Should the news media reveal the name of a juvenile murder suspect before the police have charged him?) 10/31/05

A previous version of this story stated that ABC7 divulged the name of the juvenile suspect the morning following the announcement of the arrest. The station that ran that report was KABC in Los Angeles, not KGO in San Francisco. Both stations go by the moniker ABC7.

Posted Nov. 1, 2005

Article: Mercury News plans to shrink newsroom by 52 jobs 9/24/05

Due to a source error, an earlier version of this story mischaracterized Mr. Riggs comments to the staff as referring to a disappointing third quarter earnings report by Knight Ridder. Mr. Riggs referenced revenue projections for the Mercury News rather than its corporate parent's recent performance.

Grade the News previously reported "notes" sent to staff about the need to conserve office supplies. There was one such memo.

Grade the News characterized the redesign of the Mercury News that folded the local news section into the front section as lasting "only a few weeks." The change lasted 10 weeks from June 20 to Aug. 29.

Posted Sept. 26, 2005

Article: Make the call: Should the San Francisco Chronicle have published leaked testimony from the secret BALCO grand jury inquiry? 12/14/04

A previous version of this page incorrectly characterized grand jury secrecy requirements. Witnesses are free to recount their testimony.

Posted Dec. 15, 2005

Article: Political gifts earn Bay Area journalists praise, punishment, 7/21/04

A previous version of this story gave the wrong amount for SFGate photo editor Virgil Porter's contribution to the mayoral campaign of Matt Gonzalez. It was $115, not $250.

CLARIFICATION: Although Lisa Bransten (see chart) was identified as a Wall Street Journal reporter in the San Francisco Ethics Commission database, she said she left the paper three months before donating to Susan Leal's mayoral campaign.

Posted July 21, 2004

Article: 2 papers claim same reporters as their own, 6/17/04

A previous version of this story misstated the Contra Costa Times' description of Dan Borenstein's job. Mr. Borenstein "heads the Times' Sacramento bureau"; he is not "bureau chief."

Posted June 18, 2004

Article: Bay Area newspapers nowhere near as diverse as the population, 5/17/04

A previous version of this story misstated the relationship between the late Robert Maynard and Dori Maynard. He was her father.

Posted May 18, 2004

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