Help us be accurate

accuracy, Issue 18, opinions, staff ed, Opinion - By Quaker Campus on Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 02:43

Founded in 1914, The Quaker Campus is the voice of Whittier College and serves as a source of information. As journalists we strive to seek the truth. We never want to print incorrect information or run biased articles. However, it is difficult for us to write fair and balanced articles when people refuse to talk to us and do not give us any information.

We understand if you are worried that you may be misquoted, but you can always ask for your quotes to be read back to you. Every week we send out accuracy surveys to a portion of the people that we quote, so if you receive one please answer them. These let us gauge how accurately we are reporting information and accuracy is a reporter’s best friend.

We are not Whittier College’s PR department. And while we love to print stories that show the College in a good light, we will not turn away from a story just because it makes the school look bad. We will write articles to the best of our ability that are as balanced and factual as possible; however, again, we cannot do this when people refuse to talk to us and give us feedback.

This is a learning process for all of us and we learn from the mistakes that we make; please just let us know when we make them. We are proud to be an organization that has so much history, and we hope that you will continue to support and not hinder us.