Adventures with Allie

“You Should Do a Story on This”

If you’ve ever stopped one of us at the grocery store, sent a Facebook message, or called the office and said, “You should do a story on this,” first of all, thank you. Truly. That sentence is how a lot of the best stories begin.

But I’ve learned that many people imagine that after those words are spoken, a reporter immediately drops everything, grabs a notebook, and speeds off like we just saw the…