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By Emily Mullin - a Senate Committee Once Again Put Off Voting on a Bill That Would Give Journalists More Rights to Protect Confidential Sources in Federal Courts.

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White House, Senate Strike Balance on Reporter Protections

News | www.editorandpublisher.com | Oct 30, 2009

Top Newspaper Publishing Stories - Editor & Publisher provides newspaper industry headlines covering emerging and important news.

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Freedom of the Press

News | www10.nytimes.com | Sep 17, 2009

The Senate Judiciary Committee must approve a strong version of a federal shield law to ensure that the news media are free to report news obtained from confidential sources.

http://www10.nytimes.com/2009/09/17/opinion/17thu1.html?_r=5&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

US: Blogger can be forced to reveal confidential sources, rules NJ judge

Blog | www.editorsweblog.org | Jul 9, 2009

A New Jersey superior court judge has ruled that a blogger who posted negative comments on a message board about a software company and was subsequently sued for defamation is not protected by the state's press shield law and may...

http://www.editorsweblog.org/web_20/2009/07/us_blogger_can_be_forced_to_reveal_confi.php

Commons motion calls for better protection of journalists

News | www.pressgazette.co.uk | Jun 24, 2009

A cross-party group of MPs have tabled a motion calling for strict guidance to be issued to police forces reminding them of the need to protect press freedom.

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=43848&c=1

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A Reporters' Shield Law: The public's right to know hangs in the balance

News | www.massapequapost.com | Mar 25, 2009

Thomas Jefferson once said that "our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and it cannot be limited without being lost." Freedom of the press is a cornerstone of our democracy, and our Founding Fathers understood that an informed citizenry is essential to keeping the government accountable

http://www.massapequapost.com/news/2009/0318/opinion/032.html

NRC.nl: Netherlands could protect blogger laws

News | www.nrc.nl | Nov 6, 2008

Journalists, bloggers and other opinion-makers are to get the legal right to protect their sources under new legislation published by justice minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin on Tuesday.

http://www.nrc.nl/international/article2050972.ece/New_law_will_protect_sources_of_journalists_and_bloggers

Guardian: Journalistic privilege in an era of blogging

News | www.guardian.co.uk | Sep 1, 2008

The Guardian readers' editor on ... leaky ships and journalistic privilege. By Siobhain Butterworth

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/01/pressandpublishing

CRS: JournalistsÂ’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses

News | www.bespacific.com | Aug 20, 2008

Via FAS - CRS: JournalistsÂ’ Privilege: Overview of the Law and Legislation in the 109th and 110th Congresses, Updated July...

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Secrets and Lies

News | www.cjr.org | Aug 6, 2008

As of yet, ABC News and Brian Ross have kept mum on the identities of their sources in 2001's now-discredited stories about bentonite-tainted anthrax. Several people have made compelling arguments that the sources names should be revealed. Dan Gillmor: Would blowing the whistle on lying

http://www.cjr.org/behind_the_news/secrets_and_lies.php