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How newsrooms track the diversity of their sources can lead to tradeoffs in time spent, information collected

A new research study offers a roadmap for newsrooms that may want to analyze which voices routinely get quoted and ignored

August 29, 2024

Opinion | After the debate, plenty of insider texts but little transparency among political reporters

Journalists could be more transparent. News consumers deserve to see the fullest version possible of the evidence

July 3, 2024

Shut Out: How the pandemic and polarization have had chilling effects on good journalism — and our conclusion

Part Four of a report from Poynter's ethics seminar examines effects of pandemic and polarization on journalists

May 2, 2024

Fernanda Camarena

Shut Out: When physical barriers get in the way

Part Three of Poynter's ethics symposium report focuses on journalists denied entry to physical spaces

May 1, 2024

Fernanda Camarena

Shut Out: When sources won’t engage with journalists

Part One of a report from a Poynter ethics symposium explores dynamic of more sources refusing to engage with the press

April 29, 2024

Fernanda Camarena

NewsGuild seeks a reporter’s confidential sources as it faces defamation suit

‘They want to subpoena my sources, the whistleblowers who told me about the sexual misconduct problems within the NewsGuild.’

October 17, 2023

How to interview vulnerable sources without exploiting them

Public radio journalists share their advice for treating sources with care

August 22, 2023

5 questions reporters and editors should ask to diversify their sources

Diversity in sourcing quite simply makes our journalism better. More reflective of our world. And more accessible.

April 7, 2022

Neema Roshania Patel

New tool allows NPR to track source diversity in real time

After deciding to track demographics for all its sources in 2020, NPR built a tool to make the process part of reporters’ daily newsgathering

August 12, 2021

New source databases look to encourage journalists to diversify their sourcing

‘We are more complex, we are more diverse, and we are looking for fresh voices in our coverage.’

February 3, 2021

Readers may trust news stories more when they dont know their source

Readers’ trust in news stories depends more on the source’s alignment with their political preferences…

July 18, 2018

Taylor Blatchford

Why people lie and what you can do about it

This article was originally published on FactCheckingDay.com for International Fact-Checking Day on April 2. For…

April 3, 2018