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In response to "Where I am struggling (and this is a difficult line to draw) is how you define who is a journalist that gets to claim source confidentiality. -- nm" by ty97

Legally, it doesn't matter. Massachusetts does not have a shield law protecting journalists in civil cases. But to answer your question ...


There is a famous federal case in Oregon on this very point.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/22/bloggers-not-journalists.html


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