Burning bridges as career imperative? Accountability, journalistic identity and police sources

Michael Roy Hames-García, Mary Angela Bock, Diana Garcia, Mexican American and Latino Studies Department, The University of Texas at Austin, School of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin

Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism

Published online on May 04, 2026

Abstract

Journalism, Ahead of Print.
The relationship between journalists and their sources is significant for the way it may, or may not, serve the information needs of the news audience. Changes in the media environment, such as citizen journalism and video documentation of police abuse ...