Opinion
The desk note: a correction is part of the story, not an apology for it
Readers can trust a newsroom that shows its working. They cannot trust one that quietly swaps a paragraph.
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Arguments, essays and the editorial view.
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Why a city budget should be readable by the person who pays the fare
A resident should be able to find the bus line, the drain line and the school line without a briefing.
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The case for keeping one quiet carriage on every night train
A single coach without calls is a small design choice with a large effect on whether people can sleep.
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Speed alerts are useful. They are not a finished report.
A push notification can point at an event. It cannot carry the second source.
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The desk note: speed is not a substitute for a second source
A newsroom essay on why the first alert should never be the last word.
Opinion
What a school laptop library gets right about shared public tools
A device that belongs to the room is maintained. A device that belongs to everyone in theory belongs to no one.
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Festival season is not a reason to stop checking the price of onions
A celebration can fill the diary and still leave the wholesale yard as the more important story.
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A reader writes back: tell us who benefits before you tell us who announced it
An announcement is a beginning. The name of the person who gains, and the person who pays, is the story.