Shepard, Alicia C.

The Reporter and the Hit Man / Alicia C. Shepard. - American Journalism Review, 2001. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Article 6. Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002. Originally Published: The Reporter and the Hit Man, April 2001; pp. 18-27.

"Len Jenoff told Nancy Phillips that he had arranged the murder of a rabbi's wife--at the rabbi's request. But the confession was off the record. What should she do?" (AMERICAN JOURNALISM REVIEW) This article examines the ethical dilemma that a reporter had to face when a confidential source gave her an off-the-record confession regarding an unsolved murder case.

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Confession (Law)
Confidential communications--Press.
Journalistic ethics.
Murder--Investigation.
Reporters and reporting.
Women journalists.

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