What’s on the Sourcing poster
A 6-row table: Source · Weight.
Source types ranked by what they can support.
- Document or record — Strongest, if authenticated
- Direct witness — Strong for what they saw
- Named official — Strong, but has an interest
- Expert — Strong on pattern, weak on the case
- Anonymous insider — Weak alone, needs corroboration
- Second-hand account — A lead, not evidence
The recurring failure is a single interested source with a motive that was never examined. Ask why this person is telling you.
Questions about the Sourcing poster
- What’s on the Sourcing poster?
- A 6-row table: Source · Weight. Source types ranked by what they can support. Document or record — Strongest, if authenticated; Direct witness — Strong for what they saw; Named official — Strong, but has an interest; Expert — Strong on pattern, weak on the case; Anonymous insider — Weak alone, needs corroboration; Second-hand account — A lead, not evidence. The recurring failure is a single interested source with a motive that was never examined. Ask why this person is telling you.
- Who is the Sourcing poster for?
- Sourcing belongs to the Communications & Media section rather than to a school year, because humanities is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning journalism can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Sourcing poster?
- When building a story and deciding what still needs a second source. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Sourcing belongs on the wall where that humanities work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Sourcing?
- Beat Reporting, Corrections and Data Journalism sit alongside Sourcing 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.Beat ReportingCorrectionsData Journalism
- Is the Sourcing poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Sourcing 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 Sourcing poster print at?
- Sourcing 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 Sourcing loses nothing.Printing guide
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