Anonymous sourcing is more important — and riskier — than ever
Anonymous sources are to journalists what a 12-pound funnel cake is to a kid at…
February 3, 2017
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Dean Baquet: San Bernardino coverage revealed systemic failure at The New York Times
An error-laden story that faulted federal officials for failing to properly screen San Bernardino shooter…
December 19, 2015
The Intercept is developing editorial standards for using anonymous sources
More than a year after its inception, The Intercept is developing a series of editorial…
August 7, 2015
5 tips for getting people to go on the record
Michael Kranish, the Boston Globe's deputy Washington bureau chief, was able to get classmates of…
February 6, 2015
Post-Dispatch reporter slugged during Michael Brown protests
Good morning. Liev Schreiber will reportedly play Marty Baron in a movie. I am tempted…
August 11, 2014
Circulation revenue rises at Gannett’s local papers
Good morning. Here are 10 (OK, perhaps slightly more than 10) media stories. Gannett had…
July 22, 2014
Google protesters arrested; what @SavedYouAClick won’t do
Good morning. Here are 10 media stories. Net neutrality protesters reportedly arrested at Google HQ:…
June 25, 2014
Morning media roundup: Anonymous sources, FOIA ‘terrorism,’ Chelsea Clinton’s salary
Twice in the last two weeks, New York Times reporters got burned by anonymous sources,…
June 17, 2014
Anonymous sources: leaving journalism’s false god behind
Editor's Note: John Christie, editor in chief of the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting,…
April 23, 2014
NYT public editor takes off again after anonymous sources
The New York Times In the second installment of AnonyWatch, New York Times public editor…
March 28, 2014
Does a ‘savvy media observer’ require anonymity for smack talk? Apparently so!
In Lloyd Grove's column about The Intercept, a "savvy media observer and journalist" lets Glenn…
February 11, 2014
For readers puzzling over anonymous sources, a few primers
Huffington Post | Esquire | The New York Times According to an anonymous source (OK, it was my…
October 30, 2013