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1. In 2013, which one of the following journalists fought a subpoena relating to her confidential sources for a
story about the prosecution of James Holmes for the Aurora, Colo., theater shooting?
2. In 2011, a federal appellate court in the case of Chevron Corp. v. Berlinger, involving a documentary called
“Crude” made by Joseph Berlinger, held that Berlinger could not assert a journalistic privilege because
3. The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 came as a legislative response to which one of the following U.S.
Supreme Court cases?
4. Lower federal and state courts have fashioned a limited First Amendment privilege that often protects
reporters who refuse to reveal the names of news sources. Judges seem more willing to grant reporters the use
of this privilege in
5. Courts that have addressed the issue of whether Internet service providers can be forced under subpoena in
civil lawsuits to reveal the identity of people who post anonymous messages on the Internet
6. In Zurcher v. Stanford Daily, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that newsroom searches
7. In determining whether a First Amendment-based privilege protects journalists from revealing confidential
information and/or confidential sources in criminal trials in which the defendant is seeking the information,
courts must balance the First Amendment against
8. The legal theory under which the plaintiff in Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. ultimately prevailed is called:
9. As of August 2013, about how many states had shield laws protecting journalists from revealing certain
information and/or confidential sources in court proceedings?
10. Which one of the following cases centered on the ability of journalists to refuse to testify in grand jury
proceedings?
11. Which one of the following cases centered on the ability of confidential sources to sue journalists who
breach promises of confidentiality?
12. Ten of 12 of the federal appellate courts have ruled that the First Amendment provides at least limited or
qualified protection for reporters who are asked to testify or produce photos or materials in proceedings other
than:
13. Variations of the Dendrite and Cahill tests often are used by courts today in determining whether:
14. A 2006 appellate court decision in the California case of O’Grady v. Superior Court was:
15. In light of cases such as those involving James Risen of The New York Times in 2008, the head of the
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Lucy Dalglish, advises journalists not to:
16. As of late 2013, the only state that did not recognize some form of a privilege (be it statutory, common law
or constitutional) for journalists seeking to preserve the confidentiality of sources or information was:
17. Set forth the three questions that courts typically ask in a civil lawsuit in determining whether a qualified
reporter’s privilege not to testify should be overcome.
18. Describe both the information that James Taricani wanted to keep secret and who was seeking the
information from Taricani.
19. Fill in the Blank Space with the Name of the Correct Individual: As described in the textbook, the most
famous confidential source in modern American journalism history was a man who died in 2008 named
20. Fill in the Blank Space with the Name of the Correct War: The earliest reported case of a journalist refusing
to disclose the identity of a confidential source involved a New York Herald reporter who had obtained
21. Fill in the Blank Space with the Name of the Correct Rule: The _________ rule prohibits journalists from
breaking a court order before challenging it in court.
22. The key to understanding the Supreme Court’s ruling in Branzburg v. Hayes is to understand Justice Lewis
Powell’s concurring opinion.
23. As of late 2013, each state that had adopted a shield law defined the critical term “journalist” as “a person
engaged in the business of either gathering or reporting news.”
24. In 2013, Congress passed and President Obama signed into law a federal shield statute protecting journalists
who appear in federal court proceedings from having to reveal the identity of their confidential sources.
25. One of the first things reporters should do after receiving a subpoena is to try to destroy the records sought
so they won’t have to surrender the material.
