Interesting ... reads as though you have to be getting paid to do it though.

On 10/17/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The US House of Representatives recently passed a Federal Shield law for
> journalist.
> It's doesnt seem to please anyone fully, but it is a start.
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> The interesting part is how they defined Journalist:
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> In its current form, the law protects only "a person who, for financial gain
> or livelihood, is engaged in journalism," which involves the "gathering,
> preparing, collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing,
> reporting, or publishing of news or information that concerns local,
> national, or international events or other matters of public interest for
> dissemination to the public.
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> So this could include bloggers if what you do is regularly cover topics as
> your livelihood.
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> Jay
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