Story types
Every story carries a label so you know what you are reading before you read it.
| Label | What it means |
|---|---|
| Reported by us | Our own story, built from documents and on-the-record sources, with a Sources box. |
| Meeting recap | What a public body discussed and decided, drawn from its posted minutes and agenda. |
| Explainer | How something works, such as a town meeting warrant or a planning board, with the date it was last reviewed. |
| Statement | An organization's own words, published as theirs and labeled so, with any context we add marked as ours. |
Bylines
Our own stories are bylined to the South Shore 360 News desk whose beat they cover, for example "By the South Shore 360 Courts Desk." We never put an invented reporter's name on a story. Our desks:
- News Desk
- Government Desk
- Schools Desk
- Public Safety Desk
- Courts Desk
- Sports Desk
- Business Desk
- Community Desk
- Weather Desk