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|| SportsShooter.com: Member Message Board SF Photojournalism student invokes shield law Luke Sharrett, Student/Intern Bowling Green | KY | United States | Posted: 2:47 PM on 05.19.09 ->> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/19/BAOJ17D41D.DTL&... "A potentially key witness to a killing last month in San Francisco - a college journalism student - is invoking a state law aimed at protecting working journalists' sources and unpublished material in refusing to cooperate with police......The San Francisco State student...had been following the 21-year-old Bennett for several months as part of his senior project in photojournalism."  This post is:  Informative (3) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions John Germ, Photographer Wadsworth | Oh | USA | Posted: 3:06 PM on 05.19.09 ->> It will be interesting to see how this shakes out. An interesting case. I can see both sides of the argument. Hopefully the courts and lawyers can work this out so the students rights are protected AND justice is done for the victim's family. I realize the concept of a win-win scenario is foreign to a lot of people in the legal systm but hopefully it can happen.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Wesley R. Bush, Photographer Nashville | TN | U.S. | Posted: 3:35 PM on 05.19.09 ->> Unless I agreed with someone to protect their identity or information in exchange for what they let me know, I don't think I'd invoke the shield law. Maybe I'm not looking at this the right way?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Chris Pietsch, Photographer Eugene | OR | USA | Posted: 12:18 PM on 03.05.10 ->> The Shield Law is designed to keep journalists from becoming de-facto police investigators, so I think there is a difference between being forced to give up sources, notes, or images and CHOOSING to do so, whether for a publication or a contest. But I can see why people might see it as ironic.  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Thomas Cain, Student/Intern, Photographer New Haven | CT | USA | Posted: 12:27 PM on 03.05.10 ->> http://bit.ly/9RbtBz these are the images from photographer Alex Welsh (San Francisco State University)  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 12:36 PM on 03.05.10 ->> Luke, that article is dated 19 May 2009 and does not fully reflect the current state of this situation, which is that these images that were being invoked under the shield law were entered by Welsh in the 2009 CPOY: http://www.sfweekly.com/2010-03-03/news/s-f-state-student-who-invoked-shiel.../  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Andrew Link, Photographer West Bend | WI | USA | Posted: 12:41 PM on 03.05.10 ->> Jack... Luke started this thread and posted that on May 19, 2009, so yes, it might be outdated now... Just clearing that up... :)  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Jack Howard, Photographer, Photo Editor Central Jersey | NJ | USA | Posted: 12:55 PM on 03.05.10 ->> Funny, I saw the date on the linked article but missed it here. Where is that thread about vision I just saw the other day?  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Chris Pietsch, Photographer Eugene | OR | USA | Posted: 12:35 AM on 03.06.10 ->> The story was back in the news recently. http://snipurl.com/unhr2  This post is:  Informative (0) | Funny (0) | Huh? (0) | Off Topic (0) | Inappropriate (0) |   Definitions Add your comments... If you'd like to add your comments to this thread, use this form. You need to be an active (paying) member of SportsShooter.com in order to post messages to the system. NOTE: If you would like to report a problem you've found within the SportsShooter.com website, please let us know via the 'Contact Us' form, which alerts us immediately. It is not guaranteed that a member of the staff will see your message board post. Thread Title: SF Photojournalism student invokes shield law Thread Started By: Luke Sharrett Message: Member Login: Password: Return to --> Message Board Main Index

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