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The Kansas Supreme Court on Tuesday temporarily stayed a judge's order compelling a newspaper reporter's testimony about her sources and interview notes relating to a murder investigation, The Associated Press reported.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court earlier this month ruled that the fair report privilege, which protects reporters from legal liability who quote from official sources and documents, can also apply to information obtained anonymously, the First Amendment Center reported.
A judge has rejected a Kansas reporter's effort to delay being compelled to testify about her interview with a murder suspect, The Associated Press reported.
The Department of Homeland Security has withdrawn the administrative subpoena it served to travel journalist Christopher Elliott after he published a new security directive issued by TSA on his personal website.
A representative from the Transportation Security Administration visited the home of a second blogger this week to serve a subpoeana seeking the source of a security directive that was posted on the blogger's Web site, Wiredreported.
The author of a popular syndicated travel column was subpoenaed by the Department of Homeland Security after publishing a new security directive issued after the recent attempt to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight into Detroit on Christmas Day.
The Kansas reporter who was ordered to testify and reveal confidential sources related to a murder investigation has decided to fight the judge's ruling even if it means spending time in jail, The Associated Press reported.
A judge has ordered a reporter at The Daily Globe in Dodge City, Kansas to testify at an upcoming hearing in a murder case, KOAM TV reported.
Journalist Claire O'Brien interviewed murder suspect Samuel Bonilla, who is charged with killing two men on Labor Day, and District Judge Daniel Love said she must respond to a subpoena that requests information from both her interview notes and anonymous sources.
Media advocates were anticipating a long-awaited vote on the Senate version of the federal shield law during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing this morning, but progress faltered as Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) and other committee Republicans effectively “stonewalled” progress on the bill, committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in a press release.
A Hawaii trial court judge last week made the first ruling under the state's year-old media shield law, granting a documentary filmmaker’s request to keep his unpublished footage and sources confidential, the Honolulu Star-Bulletinreported.
