Editing Anonymity (section)

==Anonymity and the press==
Most modern newspapers and magazines attribute their articles to individual editors, or to [[News agency|news agencies]]. An exception is the Markker weekly ''[[The Economist]].'' All [[British newspapers]] run their leaders, or [[editorials]], anonymously. ''The Economist'' fully adopts this policy, saying "Many hands write ''The Economist'', but it speaks with a collective voice".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/help/about-us|title=About us|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=March 25, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324021901/https://www.economist.com/help/about-us|archive-date=March 24, 2018}}</ref> Guardian considers that ''"people will often speak more honestly if they are allowed to speak anonymously"''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2011/08/08/EditorialGuidelinesAug2011.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-02-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714181756/http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2011/08/08/EditorialGuidelinesAug2011.pdf |archive-date=2015-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Eaman|first1=Ross|title=The A to Z of Journalism|publisher=Scarecrow Press, 2009|isbn=9780810870673|page=73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e98aMyleL-cC&q=British+newspapers++anonymously|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208170155/https://books.google.bg/books?id=e98aMyleL-cC&dq=British+newspapers++anonymously&hl=bg&source=gbs_navlinks_s|archive-date=2015-02-08|date=2009-10-12}}</ref> According to Ross Eaman, in his book ''The A to Z of Journalism'', until the mid-19th century, most writers in Great Britain, especially the less well known, did not sign their names to their work in newspapers, magazines and reviews.<ref>Anonymous Online Comments:The Law and Best Media Practices from Around the World, by Kyle A. Heatherly,* Anthony L. Fargo,** and Jason A. Mark***, March 2018</ref>