While I away last week, there was good and bad news on the shield law front.
In Washington, the state legislature approved a shield law and sent it on to the governor, who was expected to sign it. The Seatlle Post-Intelligencer has details.
Meanwhile, a Texas shield bill died after failing to be brought for a vote. More details from AP via the First Amendment Center.
Here in Massachusetts, a shield bill remains pending in the state legislature.
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Currently I believe there are 31 states that have a shield law, 4 with some sort of protection, and 17 who have nothing. This is an issue because everyone is obviously not together on this. We need a clearer understanding of where our national government stands on the rights for journalists. Another question that comes up is, what exactly defines a journalist, that can be a very broad term. Obviously there needs to be protection for this particular issue, but we as a nation need to get together on it.
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