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Medill Student Tracks Dean's Anonymous Sources

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From: NPR All Things Considered
Date: 20080214
Author:MELISSA BLOCK

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
02-14-2008
Medill Student Tracks Dean's Anonymous Sources

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM

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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

MICHELE NORRIS, host:

And I'm Michele Norris:

Anonymous sources are often trouble for a journalist protecting a source's identity can allow for a frank discussion about a touchy subject. But when does a source need to be anonymous. And how does the reader know the source is authoritative or even real.

The dean of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern ...

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