What does it mean to be "Off the Record"? | Journalism Explainer

If you're about to talk to a journalist you should know the difference between three major types of attribution: "On the record," "off the record" and "on background". More thoughts about what it means on my blog: https://www.scottcarney.com/blog/what-does-it-mean-to-be-on

Here's another blog post that goes into a little more detail: https://rethinkmedia.org/blog/on-record-off-record-on-background-and-not-attribution-explained

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