Tenacity pays when you're a reporter

The Globe's David Abel explains to Dan Kennedy how he became the first reporter to question the veracity of the Taunton Jesus-drawing story:

... At that point, there was a considerable amount of pressure to post what we had heard from the dad on our website. But given what he said, and my questions about the veracity of the account, I suggested we not post anything until we had a chance to scrub the story with school officials, who had not answered multiple calls at that point. So I drove to the superintendent’s office and told them I would not leave until they answered my questions. After a few minutes, the superintendent invited me into her office, and she went through the allegations. ...