shield laws
- State laws that protect journalists from having to reveal their sources or notes in court, helping them gather news without fear of being forced to break confidentiality
- Thanks to the shield laws, the reporter could confidently protect the identity of her source.
- When moving the publication to a state without shield laws, the editor had to reconsider their guidelines on source confidentiality.
- Facing a subpoena, the journalist relied on the shield laws to refuse disclosing his sources.
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