How did you know no more than 100 missing people are victims of foul play? It it because you spoke to each and every missing person?
No. It's because police told you. So you need to attribute that number to something like, police said.
How do you know Sabrina the teen-age run-away ended up in New York, where she prostituted herself? Were you hanging out with her there?
No. You know because she told you. So you needed to attribute that to something like, she said.
How do you know Jason Abare was arrested last month. Were you there when he got busted?
No. You know because he told you. By now, you know what you needed to do.
Pretty much everything not witnessed by you should have some sort of attribution. He said; she said; according to records; whatever.
Make sure you have properly attributed everything in your story. Basically, every paragraph after the lede and nut graf should have some sort of attribution affixed to it.
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