Not defending the police, but how do you establish status as a freelance journalist and does that convey protections that California law provides regular journalist, those in the direct employ of a news organization.
by many measures we all are in this day and age. does it require having successfully sold a story to an established news organization?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the fact that they sold to well known publication indicates that the material was newsworthy.
I don't agree with raiding a journalist at all (in general), but more importantly I feel the sledge hammer + guns approach is clearly intended to be intimidating and has no place in this kind of warrant. In essence I have more of a problem with the egregious use of weapons and violence on the part of police enforcing a warrant for a non-violent, and non-weapon related crime than I do specifically the attack on journalism.
Obviously the attack on journalism is bad, but in general the intimidation by police is a more widespread problem. Basically the problem for real journalism is the fact that a warrant was issued on a journalist in the first place (think pentagon papers as example of truth to power).
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Not defending the police, but how do you establish status as a freelance journalist and does that convey protections that California law provides regular journalist, those in the direct employ of a news organization.
by many measures we all are in this day and age. does it require having successfully sold a story to an established news organization?
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that the fact that they sold to well known publication indicates that the material was newsworthy.
I don't agree with raiding a journalist at all (in general), but more importantly I feel the sledge hammer + guns approach is clearly intended to be intimidating and has no place in this kind of warrant. In essence I have more of a problem with the egregious use of weapons and violence on the part of police enforcing a warrant for a non-violent, and non-weapon related crime than I do specifically the attack on journalism.
Obviously the attack on journalism is bad, but in general the intimidation by police is a more widespread problem. Basically the problem for real journalism is the fact that a warrant was issued on a journalist in the first place (think pentagon papers as example of truth to power).
Is a freelance developer not a developer?
Freelancing is nothing really new. It may be more common.
I agree, in journalism especially it seems to be especially common?
I am a freelance developer, and the reason I am one, is because:
- I said so in the tax office
- I earn money with it
I am quite sure it is not that much different for journalists. As long as you said so at some offical place and earn money with it?
What laws does California have for protecting journalists?