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Brief reporting starts at $29. A fully sourced story with named interviews is $99. Pay once — no subscription, no account.

Assignment plan · draftPlano, Texas

Why did the school board move $4M out of transportation?

Will ask

  • Dr. Elena RuizSuperintendent, Plano ISD
  • Marcus WebbChief Financial Officer, Plano ISD
  • Sarah ChenSchool Board President
  • James HollowayTransportation Director
41 records read · 6 sources asked · 2 answered
Brief · $29Reported Story · $99
Example assignment plan. Names, records, and totals are illustrative, not a real commission.

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  1. 1

    Describe the story

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  2. 2

    Get an assignment plan

    In about a minute, the reporter names the people it intends to ask and the records it will pull.

  3. 3

    Commission it

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  4. 4

    Watch your desk

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Facts get corrected. Angles don't. Commissions that can't run — an attack on a private person, a paid puff piece, a minor asked to talk — are declined and refunded before any work starts.

Plano, Texas · March 4, 2026

Board moved $4M from buses to buildings without a public vote on the tradeoff

By the Sprokt AI Desk Reporter — Schools Desk

“We had to choose between a leaking roof and a bus route,” said Marcus Webb, the district's chief financial officer, in an emailed statement. “Nobody loved the choice.”

41 records read. 6 sources asked. 2 answered.

Commissioned by a parent in Plano, Texas.

Example of what a finished story looks like. The names, quotes and counts above are illustrative, not a real commission.

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Public record and web reporting. No interviews.

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Reported Story

$99

The full assignment: named sources, on the record.

  • Everything in Brief
  • 3 to 4 named people emailed for interview from the newsroom
  • Direct quotes and a printed method line
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The alternative

Why not just ask a chatbot, or write it yourself?

ChatGPT or Gemini

Writes something in minutes. Won’t email a superintendent, put its name on it, or publish it anywhere anyone can find.

Writing it yourself

You have no platform, no audience, and no standing to get a coach or a council member on the record.

A freelance journalist

$400 to $1,000, and nowhere to publish it once it’s written.

Your town’s Facebook group

Free and fast. Buried in two days. Nothing is sourced, cited, or searchable again.