Nu la noi, ci la americani. Unde Senate Judiciary Committee (un soi de Comisie juridica a Senatului din Romania) a adoptat un amendament care exclude jurnalistii amatori de la protectia legii. Potrivit acestuia, jurnalistul este persoana care:
regularly gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, or publishes news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public for a substantial portion of the person’s livelihood or for substantial financial gain and includes a supervisor, employer, parent, subsidiary, or affiliate of such covered person, and:
(iii) obtains the information sought while working as a salaried employee of, or independent contractor for, an entity—
(I) that disseminates information by print, broadcast, cable, satellite, mechanical, photographic, electronic, or other means; and
(II) that—(aa) publishes a newspaper, book, magazine, or other periodical;
(bb) operates a radio or television broadcast station, network, cable system, or satellite carrier, or a channel or programming service for any such station, network, system, or carrier;
(cc) operates a programming service; or
(dd) operates a news agency or wire service;
Aceasta definitie este importanta in primul rand pentru ca incearca sa protejeze jurnalistii de cereri prin care sa fie obligati sa le fie dezvaluite sursele.
In al doilea rand, e importanta pentru ca exclude bloggerii de la protectie (bloggerii care au si o alta slujba in acelasi timp), la fel cum exclude studentii jurnalisti de la protectie.
Pe cand si in Romania? Mi-e greu sa spun. Politic, probabil ca nu prea curand. Strict juridic, le-ar folosi multora.