In my career as a journalist, I've always been faced with the constant juggle of speed and accuracy in news reporting. First and foremost, I believe it's essential to build a broad set of reliable sources. Secondly, I always ensure to cross-check information from multiple sources.
I've also found modern tools like fact-checking software extremely useful in speeding up the verification process. In one instance, I received a hot tip on a political scandal. While it was tempting to break the story immediately, I held back to ensure my facts were right. I cross-checked the details using various sources, used fact-checking tools to verify the information and even went through the legal implications with our in-house attorney. We were not the first to break the story, but ours was more comprehensive and accurate, which was appreciated by our readers.