I have never, EVER worked for an outlet that treated interviews this way
morally and ethically, this is reprehensible for USA Today to do
practically, the only logical conclusion any potential source or expert can come to is that they should never speak to USA Today about anything
@nbedera.bsky.socialEarlier this week, I agreed to interviews with two USA Today journalists. They wrote fantastic articles about the Cornell case that I'm proud to have been a part of.
What I did not know is that their employer considers interviews to proprietary and opens up recordings to be used by any journalist.