News report
Original research draft · October 2026
Working pattern
[Author], [Article title], [publication] ([date]), [URL or page].
Capture from the source
Author; publication; date; edition; passage; correction status
Check before you use it
Distinguish what the reporter observed from what a quoted source asserted.
Common error: A report of an allegation does not independently establish the allegation.
Completed example
Reporter, publication, article, contractor, forecast, and correction are fictional. No actual news event or factual allegation about an identifiable person or business is asserted.
Mira Vale, Archive Expansion Announced, TRAIN Civic Ledger (Feb. 18, 2025, corrected Feb. 20, 2025), https://training.example/news/archive-expansion.
Read the supplied source facts
Fictional packet TRAIN-W74 includes Mira Vale's article Archive Expansion Announced in the TRAIN Civic Ledger, dated February 18, 2025. The reporter personally describes an announcement event but attributes the projected completion date to a contractor. A February 20 correction changes the contractor's quoted month from September to November. The preserved article shows the correction notice, while an earlier screenshot contains the original month. The assignment asks what the corrected report attributes to the contractor. No independent construction schedule or completed-project record is supplied.
Why this works
Identify the article and correction status, then attribute the projected date to the contractor as reported. The reporter's presence at the announcement does not independently verify that the project will finish on that date. The sentence should avoid converting a forecast into an accomplished fact or an official commitment. Read the correction notice and preserve the version cited, especially when different captures remain in circulation. The source card should distinguish reporter observation, quoted assertion, editorial correction, and any underlying document linked by the story. Those distinctions matter even when a single news article contains all four.
When the facts change
If discussing how public reports changed, cite the original capture and corrected article separately, making their dates clear. If the proposition concerns the actual contractual completion term, obtain and cite the appropriate contract or official record. If a later article reports a delay, inspect its sources instead of assuming that its publication date alone makes every assertion more reliable than the earlier report.
Apply the receiving court or publication’s requirements. These working forms do not establish citation permission, precedential weight, or support for a legal proposition.