Covert disclosures: Unauthorized leaking, public officials and the public sphere

Journalism Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 256-273

  Flynn, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bureaucracies; Confidential information; Investigative reporting; Unauthorized leaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957805649     PISSN: 1461670X     EISSN: 14699699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616700500533577     Document Type: Article

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