by Sydney Smith on Dec 15, 2010
SPJ Backs New Jersey Blogger Shellee Hale in Shield Law Case
The Society of Professional Journalists filed an amicus brief in support of Shellee Hale, a blogger told that she wasn't granted...
Shield Law
by Sydney Smith on May 26, 2010
Shield Laws Update: Called not a journalist by NJ Courts, Blogger explains her case
A New Jersey appeals court recently ruled that blogger and investigator Shellee Hale is not a journalist and therefore not...
by Sydney Smith on May 01, 2010
NJ Court rules : Blogger Shellee Hale not a journalist, new media not news media
A New Jersey appeals court upheld a lower court's ruling that a blogger isn't afforded the source protections a traditional...
by Molika Ashford on Jan 09, 2010
TSA Subpoena on Bloggers Highlights Limits in Federal Shield Law Legislation
Highlighting the limited scope of an amended Free Flow of Information Act--a proposed federal ‘shield law’ to protect journalists from...
by Molika Ashford on Dec 18, 2009
Shield Laws & Protecting Anonymous Sources: How Far Should Reporters Go?
Reporters are expected to identify sources; using anonymous sources drains a certain level of credibility from a story, as former...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 13, 2009
President Obama’s Recommended Revisions Undermine Federal Shield Law
Not long ago, we wrote about an amendment to the proposed federal media shield, a law that would protect journalists...
by Katie Rolnick on Oct 02, 2009
Free Flow of Information Act Amendment (Shield Law) Narrowly Defines the Term “Journalist”
An amendment to the proposed Free Flow of Information Act (S. 448) has ignited heated discussion about the formal definition...