These are the standards we hold ourselves to. If you think we’ve fallen short of them, tell us through our contact page.
Independence
The Duck Call isn’t affiliated with the PWHL, the Vancouver Goldeneyes or any other team or league. We don’t take payment from them, and they don’t see or approve anything we publish before it goes up.
Sources
We say where our information comes from. When we use a quote another outlet reported, we name the outlet and link to the original story. When a quote comes from our own interview, we say so. Stats come from the PWHL’s official data unless we say otherwise, and we credit other reporters’ work when we build on it.
We keep reporting and opinion apart. Postgames, features and The Dive say what happened and make a case from the evidence. Pieces in Opinion say what we think, and they’re marked as Opinion in the byline.
Checking our work
Before a piece goes up, we check every quote against its source word for word and every number against the league’s official stats. If we can’t confirm something, we leave it out or say plainly that we couldn’t confirm it.
Corrections
When we get something wrong, we fix it and add a note at the end of the piece saying what changed and when. We don’t quietly edit mistakes away. Fixes to spelling and typos don’t get a note.
To report an error, use our contact page and include a link to the piece.
Bylines
We publish as Duck Call Staff, and the blog as a whole stands behind every piece. These standards apply to every piece, whoever writes it.
Photos
We only use photos we have permission to use: our own, ones licensed under Creative Commons, or ones supplied with permission. Every photo carries a credit, and Creative Commons photos link to their licence.