Original photo by Nick Youngson (http://www.nyphotographic.com/), used through Creative Commons 2.0. By John V. Wood, TAF member/blog editor In my 20+ years as a broadcast journalist, I learned the hard way that verifying your sources BEFORE going on air with a story is the way to go. Working as an TV assignment editor, we would hear police scanner traffic alerting us to potential breaking news stories, and every once in awhile, an overzealous or jaded law enforcement officer might drop [...]