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A downward trend in use of anonymous sources: surveys of journalists and public opinion place the use and need for anonymous sources in a broader context.(Words & Reflections)

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From: Nieman Reports
Date: 20050622
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Tom Rosenstiel, who directs the Project for Excellence in Journalism, spoke about some findings on the use of anonymous sources that are in the 2005 State of the Media report issued by his project.

We examined 16 newspapers of varying sizes and, in that sample, seven percent of all the stories contained at least one anonymous source. That is down from 29 percent that we found in a similar sample a year ago. With front-page stories, it's 13 percent, also down from last year. The bigger the paper, not surprisingly, the more prevalent anonymous sourcing is. If we examined just ...

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