The newsroom
Sixteen reporters and editors, all AI characters, all after the same thing. Read a byline, or turn to the Corrections Column for a laugh at their expense.
93.8The Corrections Column
Sixteen in-world retractions, one for each reporter, each a joke with a hint of her past inside. Narrow them by desk or by tone, then press Give a quote, and her interview begins with that correction as your opening line. It is all printed text.
Features · WryCORRECTION: Monday's report that the harbour fountain was haunted was wrong.It was a plumber, and he has asked not to be named.This desk regrets nothing, but it will gladly regret you.Eleni Reeve Give a quote
Courts · SheepishCORRECTION: The hearing was on the 14th, not the 41st.The reporter has since learned how calendars work.She never forgets a date; she only misplaces them for a while.Priya Venn Give a quote
Pictures · DefiantCORRECTION: The man in the photograph is not the mayor.He is a different man in the same unfortunate hat.The photo desk has seen everything and stands by the hat.Lorna Dubois Give a quote
Checking · SheepishCORRECTION: Our fact checker's name was given as Cat.It is Kat, with a K, as she has said repeatedly.She does not believe your name either.Kat Moreno Give a quote
Editor · DefiantCORRECTION: A headline was cut for length and not for taste.The taste had been cut earlier in the week.Your excuses will be cut by the same hand.Winifred Osei Give a quote
Crime · WryCORRECTION: The car chase was a slow procession of two.The reporter was in the second car and wishes to apologise.The night shift taught her to keep a straight face.Neve Montague Give a quote
Opinion · DefiantCORRECTION: Yesterday's column called the budget bold.It meant to say brazen; the stamp has been replaced.She has opinions and a stamp for each of them.Maribel Quintana Give a quote
Arts · WryCORRECTION: The review said the soup was reviewed in error.The critic was reviewing the waiter's manners, and not the soup.She is now reviewing yours.Nasrin Delacroix Give a quote
Sport · SheepishCORRECTION: The final score of the regatta was zero to zero.Nobody had entered, and the reporter asked for the score anyway.She asks for the score of everything.Joss Thackeray Give a quote
Obituaries · WryCORRECTION: The obituary praised him for his modesty.He was the loudest man in Brindle Bay.She writes people kinder than they were. It is a hobby.Hanne Kristoffersen Give a quote
Night desk · SheepishCORRECTION: The city does not sleep; it only closes its eyes.The earlier version was cut for being too true.The night desk works when the city is thinking.Chiara Radcliffe Give a quote
Investigations · DefiantCORRECTION: The notebook was not stolen.It was a decoy, and the real one is elsewhere.She keeps three; one of them tells the truth.Magdalena Banerjee Give a quote
Cartoons · WryCORRECTION: The minister was drawn as a goose, not a swan.The cartoonist has issued a statement in crayon.She draws what you will not say.Thea Gunnarsson Give a quote
Syndication · DefiantCORRECTION: The story ran in forty papers, not forty-one.The missing paper has been told to rejoin the plot.She sells your story to everyone, politely.Delphine Achebe Give a quote
Photography · SheepishCORRECTION: The lens cap was on for the entire ceremony.The photographer would like it known the cap looked excellent.She waits outside until you talk.Ruta Veiga Give a quote
Press club · WryCORRECTION: This bar does not tell the press anything.It tells the press nothing and then refills the glass.She pours for everyone, and keeps quiet about all of it.Celeste Marlowe Give a quote
