Opinion

‘If you push back, you can get results, and we need to push back more collectively.’

With secrecy on the rise, what is happening in Washington, D.C. is having a wider impact on how government officials relate to the press.

Surveys of journalists and public opinion place the use and need for anonymous sources in a broader context.

More in-depth and better-documented stories began to be told after an intensive training program.

‘There are journalists who justify their apathy with the lack of [good working] conditions.’

‘If any of my students reacted against the government’s methods of control, they feared for their lives.’

‘For people to have trust in this profession, to whom do they look for various standards, for professionalization, of the journalistic craft?’

Among the casualties of the invasion and occupation of Iraq have been truth and trust, according to Sig Christenson, military affairs writer for the San Antonio Express-News. After working as…

‘As the ship veered onto the rocks, those who voiced warnings were ignored, while the bosses told each other how smart they were.’

‘When freedom and orthodoxy collide, it’s interesting to note how the press behaves.’