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The issue of a reporter's privilege came to the forefront of media attention in the 2005 case In re Miller, involving reporters Judith Miller and Matthew Cooper.Miller and Cooper were both served with grand jury subpoenas for testimony and information, including notes and documents pertaining to conversations with specific and all other official sources relating the Plame affair.
Source protection, sometimes also referred to as source confidentiality or in the U.S. as the reporter's privilege, is a right accorded to journalists under the laws of many countries, as well as under international law. It prohibits authorities, including the courts, from compelling a journalist to reveal the identity of an anonymous source ...
The reporters lost their case by a vote of 5–4. This case is cited for the rule that in federal courts, a reporter may not generally avoid testifying in a criminal grand jury, and is one of a limited number of cases [2] [3] in which the U.S. Supreme Court has considered the use of reporters' privilege.
Reporters’ privilege involves the right of media to refuse to testify as to the information and/or sources of information obtained during the news gathering and dissemination process. Currently, the United States federal government has not enacted any national reporters' privilege shield laws, but most of the 50 states do have shield laws or ...
He has been called "the father of the reporter's privilege" [11] [12] because of his interpretation of the Branzburg case in the Hastings Law Journal. [13] This led to the establishment of a reporter's privilege to protect sources in most states and federal circuits. [14] Goodale created the specialty of First Amendment law [15] among ...
The Reporter's Privilege Compendium [36] [34] is a collection of information on the rights of reporters not to be compelled to testify or disclose sources and information in court in each state and federal circuit. The Committee has also defended reporters in Court free of charge since its founding. [1]
Von Bulow v. Von Bulow, 811 F.2d 136 (2nd Cir. 1987), [1] was a case appealed from a contempt ruling after a United States District Court rejected the claim of a reporter's privilege by Claus von Bulow and Andrea Reynolds. Reynolds, a paralegal, appealed a contempt ruling after she refused to submit an unpublished document for discovery.
Reporter's privilege; S. Shield laws in the United States; Spousal privilege; State secrets privilege; W. Work-product doctrine This page was last edited on 15 May ...