By Derek Lawson
Leave the hero out of the lede
The filing
A flood story is about the water line and the missing records. Save the profile for Sunday.
The desk named the people on the floor and the time the clerk posted. If a figure moves after first edition, the correction stays on the story.
What the desk filed
Readers get a byline, a date, and a public window. Tips that arrive after midnight wait for a second check.
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