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my friend was homeless, she came in and live with me for a week and now she has her own apartment. She doesn't have a job and she has been escorting to get by.

I am worried about her right now because I got interviewed by an lgbtq news paper and we were talkin about trans people and facing discrimination in the work place or living arrangements. Any ways he was asking if I knew any trans people that were having a hard time. so I am like i know a previously homeless 18 year old girl. and i told him that i let her stay with me.

The first question he asked was "is that the blond girl that is selling herself on craigslist?" i answered yes...

I am worried that if this reporter knew about her there is a chance that the police might as well.

Hey Amber,

So good of you to care about her.  Reporters do not have to divulge their sources and hopefully he will not.  You might remind him that he will loose trust within the LGBTQ community if he outs her.  It is a tangent but I just finished Janet Mock's book about her journey to womanhood.  You might appreciate her perspectives on sex workers.

Quote from: Tessa James on November 16, 2014, 07:11:29 PM
Hey Amber,

So good of you to care about her.  Reporters do not have to divulge their sources and hopefully he will not.  You might remind him that he will loose trust within the LGBTQ community if he outs her.  It is a tangent but I just finished Janet Mock's book about her journey to womanhood.  You might appreciate her perspectives on sex workers.

i trust that he wont out her but i worry that if he knew about her that she is not being as careful as she seems to think she is. Like maybe the police might also know about her. like shes tagged or something.

Quote from: amber roskamp on November 16, 2014, 06:49:41 PM
my friend was homeless, she came in and live with me for a week and now she has her own apartment. She doesn't have a job and she has been escorting to get by.

I am worried about her right now because I got interviewed by an lgbtq news paper and we were talkin about trans people and facing discrimination in the work place or living arrangements. Any ways he was asking if I knew any trans people that were having a hard time. so I am like i know a previously homeless 18 year old girl. and i told him that i let her stay with me.

The first question he asked was "is that the blond girl that is selling herself on craigslist?" i answered yes...

I am worried that if this reporter knew about her there is a chance that the police might as well.

I used to work as a photographer for a major newspaper here in Melbourne, so know what I'm talking about here.

Reporters will never say who their source is unless the source wants to be named.
The reason is quite simple, if a reporter/journalist has a source for a great story, then down the track that sources name got out against the sources wishes, word will get out that you cannot trust that reporter/journalist, and for them they're only as good as their word.

I've seen it kill careers, I've also seen cases where the journalists bosses are not told.
Theres one very famous case here that went through the courts where Australia's richest woman bought shares into a FairFax to try to find out the source that one Journo had on her family battle (I think she left the kids out of the will), Fair Work took FairFax & Gina Rineheart to court over it for the journalist and won. 

Quote from: Nicole on November 16, 2014, 08:05:13 PM
I used to work as a photographer for a major newspaper here in Melbourne, so know what I'm talking about here.

Reporters will never say who their source is unless the source wants to be named.
The reason is quite simple, if a reporter/journalist has a source for a great story, then down the track that sources name got out against the sources wishes, word will get out that you cannot trust that reporter/journalist, and for them they're only as good as their word.

I've seen it kill careers, I've also seen cases where the journalists bosses are not told.
Theres one very famous case here that went through the courts where Australia's richest woman bought shares into a FairFax to try to find out the source that one Journo had on her family battle (I think she left the kids out of the will), Fair Work took FairFax & Gina Rineheart to court over it for the journalist and won.

thanks this is comforting to me. but im still gonna worry. Cant help it...

Maybe you should tell your friend this story, and tell her your concerns? Then she can decide for herself what to do, or you can talk about it together.

talking to your friend about it would be nice. voice your concerns, and let her make her own choices based upon that.

a journalist's sources are heavily protected, and the journalist is protected from having to tell.
you could ask the reporter this same question, he might know whether the police is likely to know or care.

Quote from: Taka on November 17, 2014, 02:42:28 AM
talking to your friend about it would be nice. voice your concerns, and let her make her own choices based upon that.

a journalist's sources are heavily protected, and the journalist is protected from having to tell.
you could ask the reporter this same question, he might know whether the police is likely to know or care.

I think these are both great ideas.