Professional journalist definition

Professional journalist means a person regularly engaged in collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing news, for gain or livelihood, who obtained the information sought while working as a salaried employee of, or independent contractor for, a newspaper, news journal, news agency, press association, wire service, radio or television station, network, or news magazine. Book authors and others who are not professional journalists, as defined in this paragraph, are not included in the provisions of this section.
Professional journalist means one who, for gain or livelihood, is engaged in gathering, preparing, collecting, writing, editing, filming, taping or photographing of news intended for a newspaper, magazine, news agency, press association or wire service or other professional medium or agency which has as one of its regular functions the processing and researching of news intended for dissemination to the public; such person shall be someone performing said function either as a regular employee or as one otherwise professionally affiliated for gain or livelihood with such medium of communication.
Professional journalist means a person regularly engaged in collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing news, for gain or livelihood, who obtained the

More Definitions of Professional journalist

Professional journalist. ’ shall mean one who, for gain or livelihood, is engaged in gathering, preparing, collecting, writing, editing, filming, taping or photographing of news intended for a newspaper, magazine, news agency, press association or wire service or other professional medium or agency which has as one of its regular —
Professional journalist means one who, for gain or livelihood, is regularly engaged in the gathering, compiling, writing, editing photographing, recording or processing news and other information with the intent of disseminating that news or information to the public, or was so engaged at the time a source or information was procured.
Professional journalist means a person regularly engaged, for gain or livelihood, in collecting, photographing, recording, writing, editing, reporting, or publishing news on behalf of a news organization. “News” means information of public concern relating to local, statewide, national, or worldwide issues or events. A “news organization” means an organization that, regardless of the medium of publication, on a regular basis publishes, circulates, or otherwise makes available news among the general public, including but not necessarily limited to a newspaper of general circulation, a television or radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, an Internet news service, a news journal or magazine, a news agency, a press association, or a national or international wire service. A newspaper is of general circulation if it publishes legal notices in the community in which it is distributed.
Professional journalist means one who, for gain or livelihood, is engaged in gathering, preparing, collecting, writing, editing, filming, taping or photographing of news intended for a