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News Sources
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*One of the dangers of using information from reporters is when they think they
see and then present what they saw as a fact
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Primary Source*Center of the event or issue
*The people behind or involved with the event should be able to give you
accurate details and also strong comments
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Written Source*these are reports written after series of research by the authors
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*This might be a plan to do something which the public can oppose to it
*There are legal dangers to consider when using leaked documents
*It is usually an offense to receive stolen property if you think it could have been
stolen
*these should be covered by copyright
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*Example: The official police report of an incident or comments by someone’s
press officer can be called a secondary source
*Not as reliable as the primary source

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Attribution*Means to tell the readers or listeners the name and the title of the person
interviewed or document and got the information from
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On the record- means you can use their words and name
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Off the record- means you cannot use wither the information and the sources’
name
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Using assumed names*this arises when you are writing about the victims of some kind of abuse
Confidential Sources (Posted in Journalism Ethics: The use of Confidential Sources and
Documents)

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People usually ask for confidentiality because they are afraid of other people
finding out they gave you information
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This source will probably never give you
confidential information in the future
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This promise of confidentiality is particularly hard to keep in cases where a court
demands that you reveal your sources
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