The ABC's freedom of information editor, Michael McKinnon, appeared before a Senate inquiry into the bill in his role representing the Right to Know coalition of news organisations.
The eight-person team — which includes some of the top people in the field — finds, explores and analyzes data to establish what Terry Schwadron, the technology and information editor, calls "a better starting point for our reporting".
News organizations typically engage with the government prior to publishing sensitive or classified information, and editors try to balance the need to inform the public with national security concerns.
By emphasizing the importance of informative entries and specifically underlining the consequences of omitting information, journal editors could contribute even more to the attainment of high quality registration.
Similar findings about the need for dissemination of information to editors, including education and provision of electronic resources, were found in a recent survey of medical journal editors on implementation of the CONSORT guidelines [ 46].
Overwhelmed by the amount of information, the editors of Le Monde joined with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to comb through it.
Accepting a source's demand for anonymity is sometimes essential to getting critical information, but editors and reporters at The Times tell me that they understand how overuse of unnamed sources can damage credibility.
Finally, should you choose to editorialize on this topic in the future, in the spirit of full disclosure, we would respectfully ask that you include information on editors, executives and major investors in your organization who own property on our land and have a personal financial stake in the outcome of this debate.
It would be different if the authorities had to go to court to get this information because editors would trust a senior judge to take into account the public interest of investigative journalism". The row comes amid public concern over the threat to individual privacy posed by communications data retention.
Thus, more effective dissemination of information to editors and authors and a better understanding of the relevance of reporting guidelines to veterinary research have strong potential to increase their adoption by veterinary journals in the future.
