Reporter 05: The Law You Work Inside

by bam

A map, not legal advice. What a defamation claim actually requires and where the actual-malice standard came from, the four privacy torts and which one a reporter really meets, why how you gathered something is judged separately from what you published, recording consent, shield protections and their limits, publishing material somebody else obtained, and the specific moments to stop and call a lawyer. Federal law and leading cases as the spine, Indiana as the worked example, your own state as the homework.