News Gathering
“News gathering” -- also known as reporting -- is what journalists do to research information for a news article. The terms apply traditionally to mainstream journalists working for a newspaper, broadcast station or wire service, but the conventions and legal rules are equally applicable to bloggers or other journalists whose work is published primarily in an online environment.
This section addresses some of the legal questions that can arise in the course of newsgathering. They include such issues as use of tape or digital recorders to record interviews; journalists’ access to crime or accident scenes; access to public schools to conduct interviews; reporting on juries and grand juries; and the decision to promise confidentiality to a news source.
