I watched a video on cnn called "Americans kidnapped, tortured" about Americans being kidnapped in Mexican border towns. There wasn't a lot of visual information other than interviews. Several of the sources wanted to remain anonymous, and I think this is one advantage of video versus print stories. When you use an anonymous source in a print story, it almost seems less credible than in a video story. In a video story you clearly show that it is a person, even though you may not see their face, you see their other characteristics that help to establish them as a reliable source. Also, I noticed that the video showed a close up of the anonymous sources wringing their hands, which helped to paint the picture further and hint at the severity of the problem. In a print story all you can say is "an anonymous source close to the story," there isn't much else you can do to show that they're credible.
Emily Coppel
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