I am told that in recent years, the Bank of Canada has instituted a media “lock-up” arrangement in which the media can read key reports of the Bank of Canada and write their stories prior to the official publication time.
There are regular media briefings during this lockup period, where officials can deal with technical questions and clarify other issues (purely on an unattributed basis) for the media. In Canada such practice have resulted in a clear improvement in the in the quality of the reporting.