So legally, you aren't a journalist unless you're a commercial journalist, huh? Funny, other 'professions' like medicine and the law aren't tied to such mercenary considerations.
On 10/17/07, David Meade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Interesting ... reads as though you have to be getting paid to do it > though. > > On 10/17/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <jay.dedman%40gmail.com>> > 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. > > > > The interesting part is how they defined Journalist: > > > > 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. > > > > So this could include bloggers if what you do is regularly cover topics > as > > your livelihood. > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > http://jaydedman.com > > 917 371 6790 > > Video: http://ryanishungry.com > > Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/2aodyc > > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
