Editorial Omerta

Good editors protect their staff-to a point, writes David S. Hirschman. ”
“Slate columnist and New York University professor Adam L. Penenberg says the contemporary journalism scandals have changed the protective nature of editors. ‘Before an editor will stand by a reporter, he is going to perform due diligence. If, say, a reporter uses an anonymous source, the editor is not going to take the reporter’s word anymore, he’s going to demand to know the identity. I think in the past editors had a reflexive need to show loyalty. Nowadays, because of Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair, Jack Kelley, editors have a much more skeptical attitude.’”

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