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      "title": "Journalists\u2019 Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes",
      "summary": "Absent a statutory or constitutional recognition of journalistic privilege, a reporter may be compelled to testify in legal, administrative, or other governmental proceedings. To date, 33 states and the District of Columbia have recognized a journalists\u2019 privilege through enactment of press \u201cshield\u201d statutes, which protect the relationship between reporters, their source, and sometimes, the information that may be communicated in that relationship. Another 16 states have adopted a journalists\u2019 privilege through court decisions; Wyoming is the only state without a legislatively or judicially adopted journalists\u2019 privilege. The journalists\u2019 privilege is distinct from other recognized privileges, in that the privilege vests only with the journalist, not with the source of the information.\nThis report briefly provides a brief overview of the state shield statutes and then sets forth the full text of each.",
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      "title": "Journalists' Privilege to Withhold Information in Judicial and Other Proceedings: State Shield Statutes",
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