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After high‑profile sourcing controversies in the 2000s, The Times instituted some of the strictest anonymous‑source rules in American journalism. Use of anonymity now requires: The information must be newsworthy and not obtainable by any other means. The reporter and at least one editor must know the source’s identity. A senior editor (department head or above) must approve the use of the anonymous material. Publicly available internal training materials show that in 2024, only a