Sec. 54-33i. "Journalist", "news organization" and "news" defined.
Sec. 54-33i. "Journalist", "news organization" and "news" defined. For the
purposes of this section and sections 54-33a and 54-33j:
(1) "Journalist" means a person engaged in the business of investigating, collecting
or writing news, or of supervising such activity, with the intent of publication or presentation or for publication or presentation to the public through a news organization.
(2) "News organization" means (A) an individual, partnership, corporation or other
association engaged in the business, whether or not for profit, of (i) publishing a newspaper or other periodical that reports news events and that is issued at regular intervals or
has a general circulation; or (ii) providing newsreels or other motion picture news for
public showing; or (iii) broadcasting news to the public by wire, radio, television or
facsimile; and (B) a press association or other association of individuals, partnerships,
corporations or other associations described in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision or
in subdivision (1) of this section engaged in gathering news and disseminating it to its
members for publication.
(3) "News" means any compilation of facts, theories, rumors or opinions concerning
any subject for the purpose of informing the public.
(P.A. 79-14, S. 1; P.A. 80-313, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 80-313 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators and made corresponding format
changes in Subpara. indicators but made no substantive changes.