{"id":5234,"date":"2007-11-01T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-01T16:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2007-11-02T07:37:04","modified_gmt":"2007-11-02T14:37:04","slug":"video-interview-exclusive-scott-gant-author-of-were-all-journalists-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=5234","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO INTERVIEW EXCLUSIVE: Author of Book on Federal ‘Shield Law’ Says Current Legislation Fails to Include Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest Blogged by Alan Breslauer<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

\nAre bloggers journalists? More importantly, should bloggers receive the same privileges the government bestows upon “professional”\u009d journalists including, in most states, protection from the forced disclosure of confidential sources of information by way of journalist shield laws<\/a>?\n<\/p>\n

\nThese are some of the questions congress has been considering<\/a> over the last month as part of the “Free Flow of Information Act of 2007<\/a>.”\u009d As The BRAD BLOG<\/a> often relies on confidential and whistleblower sources we have been tracking the issue closely<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

With this backdrop, The BRAD BLOG<\/a> jumped at the opportunity to interview the guy who literally wrote the book on the subject, D.C. constitutional law attorney Scott Gant. Released in June, We’re All Journalists Now: The Transformation of the Press and Reshaping of the Law in the Internet Age<\/i><\/a>, has enjoyed favorable reviews<\/a> and led to appearances by Gant on C-Span’s BookTV<\/i><\/a> and The McLaughlin Group<\/i><\/a>, where the host commented that the book was “A great read, an easy read and it breaks new ground, quite groundbreaking.”\u009d\n<\/p>\n

Part 1 (7:32) of our interview above covers all things related to the shield law. Part 2 (8:30) of the interview above concentrates on access privileges and other benefits that journalists receive from the government that may be important to bloggers. Both follow below…<\/p>\n

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