‘Wait, what?’ If you are questioning something you heard, let us do a ‘Reality Check’
Hello, Tri-City Herald subscribers,
I wanted to let you know about a local accountability series we’ve launched, and ask you:
Is there a story that needs a Reality Check?
You know what I’m talking about. You read something and think, “That can’t be right,” or you hear a community leader share a fact that you question.
This newsroom-wide effort called Reality Check brings more, quicker accountability-based stories to subscribers like you.
The idea is to respond to developing stories and answer key questions as quickly as we can.
A few highlights include:
- Annette Cary took a closer look into a report of six Prosser workers showing up at a hospital, fearing they’d been exposed to radiation. Some in the community feared it stemmed from a problem at the Hanford site, but Annette was able to explain quickly what really happened.
- Cory McCoy dug into some troubling issues at the Franklin County Courthouse and discovered an ongoing criminal investigation of three elected officials into an alleged cover-up and secret recordings.
- Wendy Culverwell checked in on what’s happening with a boarded up micro apartment project on Highway 395 and found that the Oregon-based company that’s added 800+ micro-apartments in Tri-Cities is not paying its property taxes on time.
- Cameron Probert reported on what’s behind the ongoing leadership troubles at the West Richland Police Department.
Those are just a handful of examples, but we still have much ground to cover.
Reality Check stories appear on their own special web page to draw your attention to our local accountability journalism. We’re pushing for truth and transparency.
All of our reporters will be contributing to this endeavor, because accountability reporting is critical on all of our beats.
Do you have an issue you’d like us to look into? A question you’d like answered? Email news@tricityherald.com, and put Reality Check in the subject line.
Bookmark our Reality Check page to keep up on the latest stories.
Thank you,
Laurie Williams
Tri-City Herald Executive Editor
