The News Media and The Law, Spring 2007
Spring 2007
Vol. 31, No. 2
Secret in Seattle:
These reporters have found hundreds of improperly sealed court files -- and prompted major changes in the way courts handle secrecy.
Editorial
Maybe we'll pull off a shield law this time
Secret Courts
Secret in Seattle
Sealed v. super-sealed
Changing the courts
Tips for covering sealed cases
A new wrinkle
Gray text and great stories
Freedom of Information
The fog of war?
How they really died
Resources for journalists
Congressional privilege
What does the Presidential Records Act have to do with this?
The flow of information
1974. 1976. 1986. 1996. 2007?
Changing FOIA
For the records
Libel
A confidentiality catch-22?
Shield statutes and libel lawsuits
Reporter's Privilege
Criminal sources
Notable events in the BALCO investigation
A prisoner no longer
Reporter's shield redux
Shield laws across the country
Newsgathering
Photo face-off
In other states
The limits of disclosure
Secret Courts
A new wave of prior restraints?
From the Hotline
Open & Shut
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