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Jered Wilcox

Holes in Media Shield Law Worry Opponents, and Even Some Supporters - 0 views

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  • Jered Wilcox on 23 Sep 13
     
    The so-called media shield law approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Sept. 12 would likely fail to curtail the Obama administration's most controversial legal offensives against reporters, critics and supporters alike say. Furthermore, it's possible courts could also restrict limited reporter protections if the "Free Flow of Information Act" becomes law.
Jered Wilcox

Senate Revises Media Shield Law for the Better, But It's Still Imperfect - 0 views

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    The Senate Judiciary Committee last week approved a new version of the proposed media shield law, forging a compromise on who should be protected from having to reveal their journalistic sources in court. The amended bill, which is now clear to go for a full vote in the Senate, avoids defining who is a "journalist."
Jered Wilcox

protecting confidential sources and the public's right to know - 0 views

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  • Jered Wilcox on 20 Sep 13
     
    The Newspaper Association of America applauds the Senate Judiciary Committee for passing this shield law,
Jered Wilcox

A shield law is necessary to protect U.S. journalists - 0 views

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    SOME GOVERNMENT secrets should remain under wraps. Many others are kept out of view for poor reasons, including extreme caution, rote classification habits and a lack of recognition that withholding information from the public should be an extraordinary practice.
Jered Wilcox

Media Coalition Endorses Journalist Shield Law - 0 views

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    Caroline Little, chief executive of the Newspaper Association of America, an organization serving as liaison between a coalition of media outlets and Congressional staffs crafting a federal media shield law, praised Thursday's passing in the the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 13-5.
Jered Wilcox

HARPER: Mixed feelings as Congress weighs media shield law - 0 views

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    It took the Senate Judiciary Committee 837 words to define a journalist. That's nearly 20 times as long as the First Amendment. The definition has become part of the Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, which passed the committee last week by a vote of 13-5.
Savanna Germain

Newspaper Preservation Law & Legal Definition - 0 views

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Newspaper Preservation Act

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  • Savanna Germain on 14 Sep 13
     
    This website talks about the Newspaper Prevention Act of 1970. It defines what the act entails and goes a little in depth as to how it works. Also indirectly talks about the joining of newspapers/ Joint Operating Agreement.
Jered Wilcox

Journalist Shield Law - 0 views

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    Kurt Wimmer, counsel for the Newspaper Association of America, talked about the the Free Flow of Information Act of 2013, being sponsored by bipartisan members of Congress, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The bill would protect journalists from fines and jail time when they refuse to name confidential sources unless federal officials make their case in court
Jenna Peterfeso

Technology Industry Extends a Hand to Struggling Print Media - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • the tycoons who have led the digital revolution are giving traditional print outlets a hand.
  • Call it a sense of obligation. Or responsibility. Or maybe there is even a twinge of guilt. Helping print journalism adapt to a changed era is becoming a cause du jour among the technology elite.
  • Google, which has been criticized for profiting from news content created by others, began financing journalism fellowships for eight people this year.
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  • are supporting the press because they value it,
  • The founder of Craigslist, the free listing service that helped ruin newspapers’ classified advertising, helped finance a book on ethics for journalists.
  • has been crit
  • Many critics of the newspaper industry say its predicament is its own fault for allowing upstarts like Craigslist to outflank it with better methods for advertising automobiles, rental apartments and other merchandise.
  • Since then, the search giant has been cozying up to journalists in a growing variety of ways, financing reports on the impact of the Internet on journalism, sponsoring journalism conferences and donating to press advocacy groups.
  • But Esther Wojcicki, a teacher of high school journalism for several decades in Palo Alto, Calif., and the mother-in-law of Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, said the motivations of the tech people supporting the press, many of whom she has spoken to, were more sincere.
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