On Tuesday, Utah Public Radio posted two brief news stories under the headline, "Tuesday PM Headlines: Salt Lake flood preparations, extension to Ogden dinosaur park." These stories were over a year old, and have been taken down.
The post was produced and submitted digitally by a reporter on April 16, 2024. It was not posted until Tuesday — a year later. The mistake happened when a digital producer working on a project updating UPR’s tag system was updating stories with variations of the tag “Dinosaurs.” She changed the tag on the story in question and, thinking she was updating a previously published story, published the post.
Accuracy and timeliness are key principles of gathering, producing, and sharing news. We value these principles highly. As website manager, I will work with our digital team to ensure that when we update tags and other metadata in old stories, we are careful not to publish old drafts. We will also remove old, unpublished drafts from our system to avoid future mistakes.
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