Journalists interact with and rely extensively on sourcesPeople, often in government, who, for one reason or another, provide reporters with information. - generally people in government and politics, especially those in high positions of authority - to provide them with scoopsNews obtained ahead of other reporters. and quotations. Other sources are whistle-blowers, who reveal information they have about dubious activities, outrages, or scandals. Depending on their motives, sources either provide information openly and unreservedly or leak it subject to various conditions such as anonymity. (Stephen Hess, The Government/Press Connection: Press Officers and Their Offices (Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 1984), chap. 7.)

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