From the lonely pamphleteer informing the public to the major metropolitan newspaper breaking a story, a range of individuals and entities could be considered “newspersons” under a state’s press shield law.
Put simply, a press shield law, or the journalist’s privilege, is designed to preserve freedom of the press and the free flow of information to the public by allowing a journalist to refuse to disclose his or her confidential sources. In the past, members of the “traditional” print and broadcast media have, at times, obtained protection under the journalist’s privilege and have been excused from testifying about their sources before state judicial and investigatory bodies.
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