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Right-to-privacy legal actions: implications for reporters

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Issues related to the tension between a citizen's right to privacy and an investigative reporter's need to uncover personal information about news subjects are examined, focusing on trends in developing expansive new privacy laws and the manner in which high technology, especially the World Wide Web, is affecting privacy concerns. Topics include efforts to change privacy regulations in the US and Europe.

Author: Johnson, Bruce E.H.
Publisher: Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2000

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Drivers' data creates controversies in courts and Congress

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An analysis is presented on the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, along with its impact on investigative journalism. The debate focuses on whether the law does more harm than good, weighing the protection of individuals against stalkers against public accessibility to safety records.

Author: Senat, Joey
Publisher: Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 1999
Motor vehicle drivers, Automobile drivers, Freedom of information

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It ain't about the money

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A questionnaire is presented which allow independent newspaper editors to gauge how committed they are to investigative reporting. Topics include need for intelligent reporting and legal assistance, importance of supporting reporters, and the importance of passion.

Author: Stern, Willy
Publisher: Investigative Reporters & Editors Inc.
Publication Name: The IRE Journal
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0164-7016
Year: 2000

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Subjects list: Standards, United States, Laws, regulations and rules, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Investigative reporting, Journalists, Journalism
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