How “journalism” works these days
This is a discussion of the Kristof piece in the Times, but it’s actually of more general value than that because it explains how modern journalism works – not just for the NY Times but for so many media outlets. I’ve cued it up to show a ten-minute segment that I think is highly informative on the subject:

Related and worth reading again
https://thenewneo.com/2005/05/25/tracing-use-of-anonymous-source/?trashed=1&ids=628178