CHAPTER 4. JOURNALIST'S PRIVILEGE AGAINST DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION SOURCE
IC 34-46-4
Chapter 4. Journalist's Privilege Against Disclosure of
Information Source
IC 34-46-4-1
Applicability of chapter
Sec. 1. This chapter applies to the following persons:
(1) any person connected with, or any person who has been
connected with or employed by:
(A) a newspaper or other periodical issued at regular
intervals and having a general circulation; or
(B) a recognized press association or wire service;
as a bona fide owner, editorial or reportorial employee, who
receives or has received income from legitimate gathering,
writing, editing and interpretation of news; and
(2) any person connected with a licensed radio or television
station as owner, official, or as an editorial or reportorial
employee who receives or has received income from legitimate
gathering, writing, editing, interpreting, announcing or
broadcasting of news.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.
IC 34-46-4-2
Privilege against disclosure of source of information
Sec. 2. A person described in section 1 of this chapter shall not be
compelled to disclose in any legal proceedings or elsewhere the
source of any information procured or obtained in the course of the
person's employment or representation of a newspaper, periodical,
press association, radio station, television station, or wire service,
whether:
(1) published or not published:
(A) in the newspaper or periodical; or
(B) by the press association or wire service; or
(2) broadcast or not broadcast by the radio station or television
station;
by which the person is employed.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.42.