There was talk of a police stakeout occurring around 1pm on September 1, 1998, so reporter John Gillespie and photographer Tim Flanigan left to go check it out. When they got there, the situation has escalated into a foot chase, so they positioned themselves in the hopes of getting an arrest on tape. This is when the suspect started running straight towards the news car, and the reporter was faced with the decision to stop the suspect or not. In the split second, Gillespie started running after the suspect when the suspect threw up his arms and gave up. Flanigan even got on camera the reporter asking, “Do I stop him” and that would end up being a big picture fact. Shortly after, the police arrested the man, but Gillespie had many decisions to make regarding the editorial decisions. He decided to run it as the truth, so it did not look like a publicity stunt. This is a professional fact because Gillespie had to make use of the code of the ethics. It came from him, and he wanted it expressed as one of the split second decisions where he just did what he thought he had to do. The public received the story well, and Gillespie even ended up winning some awards. Step one is to start with an open mind, so the reporter did not know the crime of the suspect and could have just as easily been a civilian rather than a reporter trying to decide to what to do. There was most likely no self gain in it Step two is do some reporting. The reporter had involvement in the capture, so his intentions could be called into question, so that is a journalistic fact. This leads into how the reporter’s intentions are shown if the story is shown, and that would fall under big picture facts. By going past just observing and reporting, it is a political fact. It is still something the public should see, but how he got it could be considered out of boundaries. Step three is to gut check. Gillespie stuck to his gut by doing it his way. He believed his reaction