How we reported this
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How we reported this video template

A behind-the-byline note on a reporter’s steno pad: the story’s question, three numbers that count up (interviews, pages of records, weeks), a hand-ticked verification list and a taped photo from the reporting. Edit the numbers and checks, and drop a photo.

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  • BEHIND THE BYLINE
  • NOTEBOOK No. 14
  • HOW WE REPORTED THIS
  • “Where did the Mill Lane bus shelter go?”
  • PUBLISHED SAT 17 OCT · THE WRENFIELD DISPATCH
  • INTERVIEWS
  • PAGES OF RECORDS
  • WEEKS ON IT
  • Every figure checked against the records
  • Everyone we name was asked to comment
  • One source is unnamed. We say why.
  • Priya · day 31
  • we counted the bolts. twice.
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