Legislators Creating Shield Laws Often Have Difficulty Defining the Journalists

Legislators creating shield laws often have difficulty defining the journalists and information workers who should have the privilege to withhold names of confidential sources. Shield laws usually extend the privilege of confidentiality

A) to anyone who disseminates information to the public
B) only to journalists employed more than half-time at a newspaper
C) to reporters and editors for established news organizations or media
D) none of the above definitions resemble how journalists are defined in shield laws
E) all of the above definitions are used about equally