Readers call or email often with questions about our news coverage.

We’re guessing that if one person wondered about something and took the time to contact us, maybe you’re curious too. We’ll tell you about a couple of recent questions we received, and hopefully inch up a couple of degrees on your news trust-o-meter.

Earlier this week, a reader asked in an email, “I’m curious to know why a car crash in Lyme last Wednesday that resulted in a death wasn’t reported.”

The short answer: We didn’t know about it, and as soon as we did, Day courts/crime reporter Greg Smith checked it out. Smith picked up the police report from the state police at Troop F in Westbrook and wrote it up for our digital and print editions.

The longer answer, which we emailed the reader, said: “One way that we learn about serious incidents is by listening to the scanner and checking in with police. It appears we didn’t hear this incident on the scanner, nor did Troop F send out a release or volunteer the information to us during our regular calls to the them. We go to Troop E Montville every day for police logs, but not Troop F.”

The reader’s response said, “Well, that shoots down the conspiracy theory of silence! 😉”

Also this past week, I received an email about Connecticut College intern Terell Wright’s recent reporting on the resignation of Dean Rodmon King and student and faculty calls for President Katherine Bergeron’s resignation.

The email said, in part, “As he is both a student there and an employee of The Day I wonder if the paper has made that clear to readers? If so, I missed it somehow and just wonder why he is in what could be seen as a conflict of interest. Could you explain the thinking about allowing a young person to be in that position?”

When this story broke, we discussed adding an editor’s note indicating that Wright is a student at Conn, but decided against it. (Note: We introduced him as a student and intern in this column on Jan. 27.)

Here’s how I responded to the email:

“We’re thrilled to have Terell on board to cover the situation at Connecticut College. We have instructed him to remain neutral. When he wrote the first story, editors discussed whether we should identify him as a student and decided we wouldn’t. Some of our reasons included that we’ve had reporters live in the towns they cover and didn’t identify them as town residents. We had another Conn intern, Will Cannelakis, who wrote stories about the college and didn’t identify him as a student either. We do think the best thing is to add a short biography of EVERY reporter at the end of their stories so our readers will know a little about them. We’ll get to that eventually!”

The reader responded, “Thanks for the clarification.”

As for Wright, when I told him about this column, he said, “From the very beginning, I’ve made sure to stay impartial and preserve The Day’s integrity.”

Whether you agree with our decisions or not, we want you to know we’re always willing to discuss them. We also want to remind you that if we’re not covering a local issue you think is important, you can tell us about by emailing tips@theday.com.

This is the opinion of Karen Florin, engagement editor. She can be reached k.florin@theday.com or (860) 701-4217.