Dear readers,
I would like to apologize for failing to do the Citrus community and the family and friends of Edward Ortell justice with the story that I wrote about his legacy.
I failed to sense the impact of the words I had written at the end of the story detailing attempts to contact his family during a time of grief.
This story was not written, edited and read over with the empathy it deserved, and caused undue harm and distress on those mentioned.
We have since modified the article online and apologized to the family and to others affected by the story.
Going forward we will do a better job of ensuring the writing we publish will follow the standards of ethical journalism to ensure we minimize harm and not cause it. We promise to write and edit with more humanity to try to avoid causing harm.
Thank you,
Lucy Argaez Editor-in-Chief
