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| Civil Liberties | 1 |
| Constitutional Law | 1 |
| Court Litigation | 1 |
| Freedom of Speech | 1 |
| Information Dissemination | 1 |
| Journalism | 1 |
| Legal Problems | 1 |
| News Reporting | 1 |
| Privacy | 1 |
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| Journalism Quarterly | 1 |
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| Watkins, John J. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWatkins, John J. – Journalism Quarterly, 1977
Examines court cases dealing with charges of harassment, trespass, and invasion of privacy against reporters who ventured onto private property to gather news; proposes a test for such cases that would weigh the public interest in the particular information obtained against the nature of the intrusion. (GW)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Freedom of Speech
