UN declares access to SportsJournalists.com a "human right" (sorta)

Freelance Hack · Jun 7, 2011

OK, it's access to the whole Interwebs, not just here. But the UN wants you to have outlets to express yourself.

http://techland.time.com/2011/06/07/united-nations-report-declares-internet-access-a-human-right/

Thought the right to access the Internet was already established. Read that article with a huge sense of deja vu.

YankeeFan · Jun 7, 2011

Just be careful what you write:

Not every "self-appointed newsperson" is a journalist, for the purpose of applying New Jersey's shield law protecting journalists from revealing their sources, the state supreme court ruled today.

Although a Washington state woman, Shellee Hale, who posted message board comments critical of Too Much Media, sought to apply the shield law against the New Jersey-based company, the court said something closer to a traditional journalist would be required to claim the statutory protection, reports the Associated Press.

The court did not, however, restrict the shield law's ambit only to traditional journalists, the article notes.

"To ensure that the privilege does not apply to every self-appointed newsperson, the legislature requires that other means of disseminating news be 'similar' to traditional news sources to qualify for the law's coverage," wrote Chief Justice Stuart Rabner in the court's unanimous written opinion (PDF).

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/top_nj_court_says_bloggers_may_not_qualify_for_state/
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