The News Media and The Law, Winter 2005
Winter 2005
Vol. 29, No. 1
Homebound:
Reporter Jim Taricani’s home confinement sentence comes as Congress considers a federal shield law for the first time in decades.
Editorial
That nasty "L" word
Cover Story
Buttressing the First Amendment
Reporter's Privilege
Warming up to the idea of a shield law
Shielding sources around the world
A journalist's home is his prison
Libel
Stuck in neutral
A footnote in legal history
Barring the bar
Freedom of Information
Justice and the Public Interest
Little things mean a lot
Fortified FOI
Lessons in school board secrecy
From the Hotline
Secret Courts
Gagging gadflies
The lonely pamphleteer
Prior Restraints
Gotti takes hit in effort to gag talk-show host
Content Regulation
Violating journalism ethics . . . and possibly the law
Camera controversy in courtrooms continues
Newsgathering
Journalists in three states encounter newsgathering hurdles at the polls
Freedom writers
Open & Shut
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