Sources: Stuck on how to get sources to talk?

1. Sometimes it takes many tries before you can get a source to talk.  And some people will never talk. Eric Nalder, a two-time Pulitzer prize winner, shares his tips here:  https://www.media.ba/en/istrazivacko-novinarstvo-novinarstvo/art-interview-eric-nalder-san-jose-mercury-news

2. If you regularly interview victims – whistleblowers – and victims of trauma, it’s helpful to review DART resources both to be more sensitive to them and to take care of yourself too. https://dartcenter.org/topic/interviewing

3. Julie Brown’s 2018 expose of Jeffrey Epstein is a great example of getting sources to talk. Here’s her first scoop: “How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime,” in which Brown was able to identify and quote some of Epstein's victims.  https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article238237729.html

This Miami Herald Video explains more about the Epstein case. 
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article238516668.html/video-embed

And here’s another interview with Brown about how she broke the story:
https://www.wrvo.org/post/heres-thing-how-julie-brown-broke-jeffrey-epstein-story

4. Getting readers involved. This short article from Propublica has tips on brainstorming before you begin to use Crowdsourcing. 
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/what-to-ask-yourself-before-you-start-a-crowdsourcing-project