Our Mistakes – Shasta Scout

At Shasta Scout we are deeply committed to accuracy and transparency in the news process. But, like all humans, we do make errors. Our policies require us to document our mistakes in order to increase transparency, inform the public and hold our organization and reporters accountable. You can find our full corrections process here.

Below, please find an archive documenting important factual errors we have previously made in the course of our reporting. We hope this commitment to self-accountability increases your ability to trust in the news that Shasta Scout produces.

2.23.2022 – Shasta County’s Disease Detectives and the Fight Against COVID-19 – A reader commented on Facebook to make us aware of narrative in our article that did not match the data table we had provided in the article. We had incorrectly cited Shasta County’s death rate next to a table that correctly indicated the death rate. We have corrected the narrative portion of the article to match the data table and placed a correction notice.
6.5.2023 – Signals from Shasta Scout – A press release by the Redding Rodeo Association later that same day made us aware that our Signals Email editorial and Public Meetings Ahead sections had incorrectly indicated that a grant proposal included in the Redding City Council’s agenda was new when, in fact, the grant had already been awarded and the old grant proposal had just been included as documentation for the new agenda item. A correction email was sent out to Signals subscribers and shared with Instagram followers correcting the mistake.
9.8.2023 – An article about the Zogg Fire settlment funds incorrectly stated that Supervisor Chris Kelstrom did not represent any of the people of Shasta County’s Igo Ono area. Kelstrom represents a small portion of the Igo area, including one of the individuals who organized the town hall we reported on.
9.12.2024 – An article about opioid settlement funds incorrectly stated who Supervisor Kevin Crye had wanted to include on an ad hoc committee. Our original mistake indicated he wanted to include someone who’s time on the Board is up in just a few months. We were wrong.
6.15.25 – A reader reached out by Facebook Messenger to let us know an article about a No Kings protest in Redding incorrectly inverted the names of two key sources. We have corrected our mistake and posted a correction notice at top.