In the physical world, being labeled a journalist may confer little prestige and may even evoke some contempt. But being a journalist can also confer certain privileges, like the right to keep sources
confidential. And for that reason many bloggers, a scrappy legion of online commentators and pundits, would like to be considered reporters, too. A lawsuit filed in California by Apple Computer is
drawing the courts into that question: who should be considered a journalist?
Read the whole story at The New York Times, March 7, 2005 »
