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Download fileWhistleblowing and the media: Transparency the greatest casualty
Expanding on the issue of protection of sources, Helen Ester looks at a range of factors affecting the Press Gallery’s role in public accountability. These include not only government pursuit of whistle-blowers but also a weak FOI regime making journalists overly dependent on leaks and a hollowing out of the press gallery, meaning many gallery journalists are relatively inexperienced.