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title: Congress and the Justice Dept’s Dangerous Attempts to Define “Journalist” Threaten to Exclude Bloggers
date: "2013-07-24T11:19:33-07:00"
modified: "2013-07-24T11:19:33-07:00"
author: kims
url: "https://dominoresearch.com/congress-and-the-justice-depts-dangerous-attempts-to-define-journalist-threaten-to-exclude-bloggers"
categories: The Domino Effect
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description: Lawmakers in Washington are again weighing in on who should and should not qualify as a journalist—and the outcome looks pretty grim for bloggers, freelancers, and other non-salaried journalists. On July 12, the Justice Department released its new…
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site_name: DominoResearch.com
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# Congress and the Justice Dept’s Dangerous Attempts to Define “Journalist” Threaten to Exclude Bloggers

[![6482212](//img.1.rp-api.com/thumb/6482212)](http://s.tt/1Ikhk)[**Congress and the Justice Dept’s Dangerous Attempts to Define “Journalist” Threaten to Exclude Bloggers**](http://s.tt/1Ikhk) (via [EFF](http://s.tt/1Ikhk))

Lawmakers in Washington are again weighing in on who should and should not qualify as a journalist—and the outcome looks pretty grim for bloggers, freelancers, and other non-salaried journalists. On July 12, the Justice Department released its new…

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