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Are bloggers journos?

What Is A Journalist? - A Californian judge has tentatively ruled that bloggers - publishers of online web logs - are not entitled to the same rights as journalists when it comes to protecting sources.

The Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance e-bulletin draws attention to coverage by sfgate.com of a case brought by Apple Computer against three bloggers who revealed company trade secrets. The case challenges the traditional definition of journalist. Full story at sfgate.com

Posted by ACIJ at 04:42 PM March 11, 2005