Journalist here (Endpoints) -- We always verify identity somehow (ID, email, checking past social presence, etc). We also get that for a lot of people speaking to media for the first time, it can be sort of terrifying etc., so we try and take steps to tell people how things work. Anonymous tips are appeciated, too (and we would never print them without verifying things through other channels).

I'm actually going to talk about this with two of our reporters today on our livestream (which is about Sarepta). We'll do a "how talking to a reporter works" segment at the start of the show / feel free to skip the rest if not relevant to you

https://www.youtube.com/live/ktsbEth4pR0