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Newsroom leaders and free‑press advocates press committee to pass Massachusetts shield law
Summary
Publishers, newsroom lawyers and national press‑freedom groups urged the Joint Committee to report favorably on House Bill 17‑38 / Senate Bill 12‑53, which would create a statutory privilege protecting reporters from compelled disclosure of confidential sources and unpublished information; witnesses said lack of a statutory shield forces costly
Boston — Newspaper executives and press‑freedom advocates told the Joint Committee on the Judiciary that Massachusetts is one of a small number of states without a statutory reporter shield and that absence of a clear law harms journalism and public interest reporting.
Dan Krockmalnick, chief operating officer and general counsel of Boston Globe Media and president of the Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, said the…
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