Use this information to create a tool to refer to on EVERY story. Create an “accuracy checklist” (Some links below will give you examples and instructions).

Don’t blow your credibility on basic items. The Basics are so important in news.

Here are 10 important items to double check.  More  

The meetings of public bodies in Illinois must be open.  As the eyes and ears for the citizens, it is key for you to know the laws designed to allow  access to meetings, and see documents and information that are open to the public, from the simple to the complicated.  More