Several decades ago during my first round of being The Outlook’s city reporter, my editor at the time gave me one rule about being a good reporter: “Everybody has bias, it's your job as a journalist not to show it.”

Fast forward to a few months ago when Lizi offered me the position of city beat reporter. I decided when I accepted the position my goal would be to try and find the truth. Sometimes finding that truth is hard. People will only tell you what they want you to know. Sometimes there’s no paper trail. There is plenty of talk and rumors but you just can’t find the proof to turn it into a fact.

Gwen Bishop is a multimedia reporter for Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. She can be reached at 256-307-8155 or via email at gwen.bishop@alexcityoutlook.com.

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