Transcript: Interview: Bill Kovach discusses fundamental journalistic questions about using anonymous sources

Transcript: Interview: Bill Kovach discusses fundamental journalistic ...
NPR Morning Edition;  May 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... When should reporters use anonymous sources? Bill Kovach is the founding director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists and he's been in the news ... Why do journalists rely on anonymous sources? Mr. KOVACH: Well, you ...

Article: USING ANONYMOUS SOURCES MEDIA EXPERTS: WHEN, HOW ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  June 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... reminds us that anonymous sources used cavalierly ... around the country, anonymous sources often help, says ... s Committee of Concerned Journalists. "Talk to local ... will tell you that anonymous sources are vital in tipping ...

Article: Anonymous Sources, Slippery Slopes.(Review)
Columbia Journalism Review;  May 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... departure point for thinking about how we bargain with our anonymous sources. Not long ago at The Philadelphia Inquirer, reporters ... of course, with the Monica mess. The Committee of Concerned Journalists (www.journalism.org/concern) studied both the ...

Article: Newspaper ombudsmen's reactions to use of anonymous ...
Newspaper Research Journal;  June 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... find that most feel their papers use anonymous sources about the right amount and that the ... Journalists are ambivalent about the use of anonymous sources: They criticize their overuse ... wrote: "Many journalists feel about anonymous sources the way people in troubled relationships ...

Article: Anonymous sources. (journalists' use of ...
American Journalism Review;  December 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... country were agonizing over the use of anonymous sources, fearing they were relying on them ... to a substantial degree" with how anonymous sources were handled at their own newspapers ... would be similar today. The issue of anonymous sources always makes editors uncomfortable ...

Article: Anonymous sources: Is confidentiality right?
University Wire;  June 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... fire in recent months for the use of anonymous sources. Area news sources have differing ... Register Star has had a strict policy on anonymous sources for at least 15 years, said Executive ... owner, which discussed the use of anonymous sources. "We do not use anonymous ...

Article: TH policy restricts use of anonymous sources; With ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 14, 2005 ;     689 words ... ... am not surprised that debate about anonymous sources flared with the recent identification ... revelation leads to consideration of anonymous sources, which remains a very current issue ... has had a written policy concerning anonymous sources, and the policy was reviewed and ...