JOUR 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Whois, Factiva

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Journalism and Communication
• Course: JOUR 1002
• Professor: Allan Thompson

Document Summary

Apart from your own observation, nding sources is important. Don"t out names of anonymous sources in notebook or email. O the record actually means you cannot publish it. What people really mean is not for attribution . Cross your fault-lines (race, gender, class, generation, geography) People vs paper (human sources vs documentary sources) People lead you to other people or places or paper. Use every source at your disposal (library, databases) Find a go-between, a proxy (kids, spouses, friends) Find out where they live (literally and guratively: home, o ce, social network) Reach people when they are out of their normal environment. Ask people to help you nd others. Two types of people-finding: you know who you are looking for, you don"t know who you"re looking for (wikipedia, facebook, universities, academic journals) When you are looking for someone, the rst place is to look is in plain sight, in the news.