Newspaper Guild President calls for national shield law - 07/07/05

By Doug Cunningham

Newspaper Guild President Linda Foley says the jailing of New York Times reporter Judith Miller should make all Americans very concerned about a reporter's right not to reveal confidential sources - something that's critical to doing the work of a reporter. Foley is calling for a national reporter's shield law to make that would protect journalists from being forced to reveal confidential sources.