Protecting SourcesA promise of confidentiality is close to absolute, and hard to keep in practice.Communications & MediaWhat the promise means, and what threatens it.The undertakingPromise only what you can honourExplain the limits before they speakAgree what may be published exactlyKeep the promise after publication tooTell the editor and the lawyer, not othersPractical threatsMetadata, call records and location dataShared drives and searchable messagesSmall pools where detail identifiesDevices seized or handed overNotes retained longer than neededEducational reference. Legal protection for sources varies widely and isoften weaker than assumed. Take specialist advice before promising.Protecting Sourceslearnposters.com
Protecting Sources — printable humanities wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Protecting Sources poster

10 entries in 2 groups.

What the promise means, and what threatens it.

Educational reference. Legal protection for sources varies widely and is often weaker than assumed. Take specialist advice before promising.

Questions about the Protecting Sources poster

What’s on the Protecting Sources poster?
10 entries in 2 groups. What the promise means, and what threatens it. The undertaking: Promise only what you can honour, Explain the limits before they spe…; Practical threats: Metadata, call records and location data, Shared drives and search…. Educational reference. Legal protection for sources varies widely and is often weaker than assumed. Take specialist advice before promising.
Who is the Protecting Sources poster for?
Protecting Sources belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning media law & ethics can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Protecting Sources poster?
Before promising confidentiality to anyone, not after they have spoken. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Protecting Sources belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Protecting Sources?
AI in the Newsroom, Conflicts of Interest and Reporting Courts sit alongside Protecting Sources in the Communications & Media section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.AI in the NewsroomConflicts of InterestReporting Courts
Is the Protecting Sources poster free to download and print?
Yes. Protecting Sources downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Communications & Media section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Protecting Sources poster print at?
Protecting Sources is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Protecting Sources loses nothing.Printing guide

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