Is web reporter a journalist?
That's the question confronting a court in
Hawaii. Malia Zimmerman of the
hawaiireporter.com has been subpoenaed to turn over her notes and interviews in a trial that that she is not party to. SPJ has weighed in already on the issue of some
bloggers and whether they should be forced to turn over unpublished works. A case in
Minnesota was not identical to this, but used the standard libel law to settle on case on behalf of a blogger.