MC 3080 Chapter : PRINCIPLES OF INFO GATHERING
Document Summary
Whether news organizations have a constitutional protected right to obtain information: The right to gather information enjoys less protection than the right to publish under the constitution: (journalist in a warzone example): there"s no first amendment right to go in and report on the war. Public records and open meetings: access to public records and open meetings (official governmental) is a statutory, not constitutional law: not much constitutional right to public records. Government in the sunshine act (sunshine law: state law: louisiana residents entitled to public record, high school journalist created no age requirement. Reveille wants to interview professor, reporter is taking notes but the reporter recording the professor without consent. Is this legal: one party consent law: reveille reporter agreed to the recording (one party) and thus gives consent, doesn"t have to be the person being recorded that gives consent (fed. Government has this law and louisiana: some states have two party consent law, ex.
