Arizona First Amendment Coalition » Newsgathering http://arizonafoi.com Supporting freedom of the press and open government Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:56:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Nationwide study shows subpoenas increasing, impacting newsgathering http://arizonafoi.com/2009/08/nationwide-study-shows-subpoenas-increasing-impacting-newsgathering/ http://arizonafoi.com/2009/08/nationwide-study-shows-subpoenas-increasing-impacting-newsgathering/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:22:21 +0000 admin http://arizonafoi.com/?p=92 A large-scale empirical study of media subpoenas, to be published this year in Washington Law Review, suggests that the problem of media subpoenas is on the increase and that the receipt of a subpoena can seriously impact the newsgathering process. It also suggests that journalists are poorly informed of their own legal protection.

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