Original material such as a filing, a transcript, a dataset or a first-hand account, as opposed to another outlet's report of it.
Glossary Journalism & Media
Primary source
Original material such as a filing, a transcript, a dataset or a first-hand account, as opposed to another outlet's report of it.
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