Comments on: You Ask, We Answer: Should the editor let sources use pseudonyms? http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/02/07/you-ask-we-answer-should-the-editor-let-sources-use-pseudonyms/ Living and loving the freelance life—on your own terms. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:46:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: piper http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/02/07/you-ask-we-answer-should-the-editor-let-sources-use-pseudonyms/comment-page-1/#comment-85580 piper Thu, 07 Feb 2008 18:07:51 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=458#comment-85580 This hasn't happened to me, but I can easily imagine circumstances where it might - thanks for bringing it up, Carol. It will be one more thing to clarify (if appropriate) during the contract phase. What a pain it would be to have to start over with a new source, mid-project! This hasn’t happened to me, but I can easily imagine circumstances where it might – thanks for bringing it up, Carol. It will be one more thing to clarify (if appropriate) during the contract phase. What a pain it would be to have to start over with a new source, mid-project!

]]> By: lori http://www.therenegadewriter.com/2008/02/07/you-ask-we-answer-should-the-editor-let-sources-use-pseudonyms/comment-page-1/#comment-85533 lori Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:30:35 +0000 http://therenegadewriter.com/?p=458#comment-85533 When I edited Student Health 101, our policy was to allow pseudonyms or fist-name-only for sensitive subjects, like sex, sexual assault, or even things like underage drinking and drug use. I think that's still the policy there. You can't blame people for not wanting their real names on these stories. But for any other topics, sources needed to be willing to have their first and last names published. Otherwise, to the reader, it looks like you could be making everything up. When I edited Student Health 101, our policy was to allow pseudonyms or fist-name-only for sensitive subjects, like sex, sexual assault, or even things like underage drinking and drug use. I think that’s still the policy there. You can’t blame people for not wanting their real names on these stories. But for any other topics, sources needed to be willing to have their first and last names published. Otherwise, to the reader, it looks like you could be making everything up.

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