§57-3-10. Reporters’ Privilege.
This law states that a reporter is a person who regularly
gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports or
publishes news about matters of public interest for a substantial portion of
their livelihood. This also includes student reporters who are not paid.
Once someone is defined as a reporter, they do not have to reveal a confidential source in civil, criminal, administrative or grand jury
proceedings unless it could cause imminent death, bodily injury or unjust incarceration.
Reporters also have the right to keep any information or testimony that might reveal a
confidential source private unless it could cause the circumstances written above to occur.
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