WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 764

station , TELEVISION STATION, PRESS ASSOCIATION, NEWS AGENCY , OR
WIRE SERVICE may not be compelled to disclose, in any legal
proceeding or trial or before any committee of the legislature or
elsewhere, the source of any news or information that was
obtained by the person for purposes of publication in a newspaper
or journal or for purposes of dissemination by a radio RADIO
STATION or television station , TELEVISION STATION, PRESS
ASSOCIATION, NEWS AGENCY , OR WIRE SERVICE where the person is
engaged, connected with or employed.]

9-112.

(A) IN THIS SECTION "NEWS MEDIA" MEANS:

(1) NEWSPAPERS;

(2) MAGAZINES;

(3) JOURNALS;

(4) PRESS ASSOCIATIONS;

(5) NEWS AGENCIES;

(6) WIRE SERVICES;

(7) RADIO;

(8) TELEVISION; AND

(9) ANY PRINTED, PHOTOGRAPHIC, MECHANICAL, OR

ELECTRONIC MEANS OF DISSEMINATING NEWS AND INFORMATION TO THE
PUBLIC.

(B) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION APPLY TO ANY PERSON WHO
IS, OR HAS BEEN, EMPLOYED BY THE NEWS MEDIA IN ANY NEWS GATHERING
OR NEWS DISSEMINATING CAPACITY.

(C) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (D) OF THIS SECTION,
ANY JUDICIAL, LEGISLATIVE, OR ADMINISTRATIVE BODY, OR ANY BODY
THAT HAS THE POWER TO ISSUE SUBPOENAS MAY NOT COMPEL ANY PERSON
DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION TO DISCLOSE:

(1) THE SOURCE OF ANY NEWS OR INFORMATION PROCURED BY
THE PERSON WHILE EMPLOYED BY THE NEWS MEDIA, WHETHER OR NOT THE
SOURCE HAS BEEN PROMISED CONFIDENTIALITY; OR

(2) ANY NEWS OR INFORMATION PROCURED BY THE PERSON
WHILE EMPLOYED BY THE NEWS MEDIA, IN THE COURSE OF PURSUING
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, FOR COMMUNICATION TO THE PUBLIC BUT
WHICH IS NOT SO COMMUNICATED, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, INCLUDING:

(I) NOTES;

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