What should a correction report include?

A useful correction report includes the page URL, the quoted passage, the suspected issue, the supporting evidence, and whether the conclusion should change.

Where should source or evidence questions start?

Source and evidence questions should start with the source evaluation desk so the note can identify source proximity, incentives, denominators, comparisons, and claim support.

What if a question spans several topics?

Use decision paths first when the question may belong to public claim review, measurement method choice, campaign readout, buyer readiness, or inventory readiness.

How are advertising inquiries handled?

Advertising inquiries should start from reader fit, source quality, destination usefulness, clear placement scope, disclosure needs, and the publication's advertising standards.

Where should funding or independence questions start?

Funding and independence questions should identify the commercial relationship, affected page or placement, and the editorial boundary that needs clarification.

Where should privacy questions start?

Privacy questions should identify the data practice, page, request type, and any relevant correspondence so the issue can be checked against the privacy policy.

What should not be sent through general email?

General email should not include passwords, payment details, private account credentials, unnecessary sensitive personal information, or confidential documents that are not needed to review the request.

Contact

Contact Measurement Press.

Q: What happens after a note arrives?

Notes are routed by request type, checked against the relevant public standard, and handled as a page update, correction review, advertising review, privacy response, or no-change explanation when the published material still holds.

Updated June 24, 2026. Status: evergreen publication policy.

Use this page to send correction reports, source review questions, decision-path questions, advertising inquiries, funding-independence questions, and privacy questions to the right review path.

Direct contact: email contact@measurementpress.org. Include the relevant page URL, the reason for the note, and any source or record needed to understand the request.

Before sending

Make the review path clear in the first message.

A short, specific note is easier to route than a broad objection. Name the page, the decision it affects, the evidence that changes the review, and the public standard that should be checked.

Page Name the affected URL Include the page, passage, placement, table row, or source reference that needs review. Issue Separate fact from preference Identify whether the concern is factual, statistical, source-related, framing-related, commercial, or privacy-related. Evidence Attach the better support Point to the primary record, method note, denominator, comparison, disclosure, or data practice that should change confidence. Route Pick the closest standard Use corrections, source evaluation, decision paths, advertising standards, funding independence, or privacy as the first lane. Outcome Say what should change Explain whether the request asks for a correction, narrower claim, source update, disclosure clarification, or direct response.

Choose the contact route

Pick the route that matches the request before writing. That keeps corrections, source questions, broad decision-path questions, advertising notes, funding questions, and privacy questions tied to the standard used to review them.

Correction Report an issue with a page Use for facts, citations, calculations, framing, interpretation, source labels, or disclosures that may need review. Source trail Check the evidence route Use for source proximity, incentives, denominators, comparison choice, uncertainty, or claim-support questions. Decision path Find the right lane first Use when a question might belong to claim review, method choice, campaign QA, buyer readiness, or inventory readiness. Advertising Start with buyer questions Use for sponsorship, contextual package, creative, destination, placement-scope, or reporting questions. Independence Review the funding boundary Use for commercial-support, editorial-separation, correction, methodology, or sponsorship-boundary questions. Privacy Ask about reader data Use for analytics, advertising technology, cookies, retention, reader choices, or contact-preference questions.

What to include

Request type	Useful details	Review standard
Correction report	Page URL, quoted passage, suspected issue, supporting evidence, and whether the conclusion should change.	Corrections policy
Source or evidence question	Primary reference, source role, incentive, denominator, comparison group, uncertainty limit, or method note that improves inspectability.	Source evaluation desk
Decision-path question	Reader decision, affected guide or topic, available evidence, and the lane that seems unclear.	Decision paths
Advertising inquiry	Reader job, offer category, destination URL, source trail, placement interest, disclosure need, and proposed claim language.	Advertiser FAQ
Funding or independence question	Commercial relationship, affected page or placement, possible conflict, and the editorial boundary that needs clarification.	Funding and independence
Privacy question	Data practice, page or interaction, request type, correspondence details, and any timing that matters.	Privacy policy

What happens after a note arrives

Incoming notes are reviewed by the standard that fits the request. The answer may be a correction, a source update, a narrower claim, a route suggestion, an advertising review, a privacy response, or a no-change decision when the published page still follows the available evidence.

Triage

Route the request first

A correction report is checked differently from an advertising inquiry, privacy question, source suggestion, or broad guide-routing question.

Review

Check the public standard

The relevant methodology, correction, source, funding, advertising, or privacy page should decide the review path before a page is changed.

Outcome

Keep the record inspectable

Substantive changes should make the source trail, claim language, disclosure, or reader expectation clearer than it was before.

Reader expectations

Specific

Point to the page and passage

Requests are easier to review when they name the affected URL, quote the relevant wording, and explain the reader impact.

Evidence

Attach the source trail

For corrections and source suggestions, include the primary reference or method note that changes confidence in the published page.

Privacy

Limit sensitive details

Do not send passwords, payment details, sensitive personal information, or private account credentials through general email.

Related standards

Use the methodology for evidence grading, the corrections policy for page updates, the source evaluation desk for source-trail questions, the decision paths for broad routing, the funding and independence page for commercial boundaries, the advertiser FAQ for buyer questions, and the privacy policy for data questions.