Announcing the Launch of the Huffington Post Investigative Fund

It will also become very important to block suggested legislation that would strip all but full time journalists from the protections agains being forced to reveal confidential resources.



Journalism should not be defined by how much the writer makes or if they are paid at all. Journalism should be defined by the art, not by any SIC code. With the decline of printed media and the explosion of digital news, all of the First Amendment protections journalists have enjoyed while working for "corporate media" need to be codified and protected in the federal statues> These must make it clear that anyone who writes and in so doing, uses a confidential source to expose wrong-doing, is afforded the same protections as would any journalist regardless of their pay or employment status.



Freedom of Speech and the public's right to know is protected by this right and our freedoms apply equally to all.
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