The informed commitment model: Best practice for journalists engaging with reluctant, vulnerable sources and whistle-blowers

Pacific Journalism Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-89

  Hollings, James ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 85032069326     PISSN: 10239499     EISSN: 23242035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24135/pjr.v17i1.372     Document Type: Article

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