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Federal Shield Law
Over the past year, journalists, journalism organizations
and media lawyers have endorsed the idea of a federal shield law to protect
journalists working with anonymous sources and legislation has been proposed
in Congress to create such a law. With the imprisonment of New York Times
reporter Judith Miller, the pressure for a shield law has increased.
Here is a list of resources IRE has created to help its members keep up
with the issue with information on the proposed law, debate and those who
support and oppose the idea. IRE has endorsed
the idea of such a law, but also expressed some concerns about the direction
a law might take.
Visit The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press' home
page for a live clock showing how long reporter Judith Miller
has been in jail.
Video from C-SPAN
Senate
Hearing on Journalist Sources
The Senate Judiciary Cmte. holds a hearing on legislation regarding the
confidentiality of journalist sources. Dep. Atty. Gen. James Comey testifies,
along with Time magazine White House Correspondent Matthew Cooper and Time
Editor-in-Chief Norman Pearlstine, among others.
(July 20, 2005; 2 hr. 25 min.)
Testimony and member statements from hearing before
the Senate Judiciary Committee on “Reporters’
Privilege Legislation: Issues and Implications” (July 20, 2005)
The Department of Justice's Deputy Attorney General James
Comey Jr. was originally scheduled to testify in the case but canceled.
His planned testimony was released in advance.
Reporters' Shield Law Filed in House (HR 851: The
Free Flow of Information Act of 2005)
Section-by-Section Analysis, Prepared by Newspaper Association
of America
Organizations endorsing a federal shield law:
ABC Inc.
Advance Publications, Inc.
Advanstar
American
Business Media
American City Business
Journals
American
Federation of Television & Radio Artists (AFTRA)
American Society
of Magazine Editors
American Society
of Newspaper Editors
Asian
American Journalists Association
Association of American
Publishers
Belo Corp.
California Broadcasters
Association
California First Amendment Coalition
CBS
CMP Media, LLC
Colorado Broadcasters Association
Committee
to Protect Journalists
Community Newspaper Holdings
The Copley Press
Cox Enterprises,
Inc.
Crain Communications
Fairchild Publications
Forbes Inc.
Freedom Communications, Inc.
Gannett Co.
Gazette Newspapers
Hachette
Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc.
The Hearst Corporation
Illinois
News Broadcasters Association
Indiana Broadcasters
Association
Investigative
Reporters and Editors
Magazine
Publishers of America
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Media Law Resource Center
Meister Media Worldwide
National
Association of Black Journalists
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
NAHJ
Outraged by Imprisonment of New York Times Reporter Judith Miller
NAHJ
Calls Taricani Conviction An Attack Against Journalists' First Amendment Rights
National Federation
of Press Women (pdf of their statement)
National Newspaper Association
National
Press Photographers Association
National Society of Newspaper
Columnists
NBC Universal
Newspaper
Association of America
The
Newspaper Guild
Online Publishers Association
Post Newsweek Stations, Inc.
The
Press Enterprise
Radio-Television News Directors Association
Supreme
Court Decision Underscores Need for Federal Shield Law
RTNDA
Decries Sentencing of Reporter Judith Miller to Jail Term
RTNDA
Supports Legislators’ Call for Federal Shield Law
Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press
Information about a federal shield law from The Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the Press.
Society of Professional
Journalists
Southern Maryland Newspapers
Texas
Association of Broadcasters
Time
Inc.
Tribune Company
UNITY:
Journalists of Color
Washington State Broadcasters
Association
Ziff Davis Media Inc.
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