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They mean professional journalists, those who report news for a living and have at least one formal press credential.
by anticensor 3y ago
They mean professional journalists, those who report news for a living and have at least one formal press credential.
- quadhome 3y agoTranslated into tech: They mean professional programmers, those who write code for a living and have at least one formal git repository.
- nradov 3y agoThat is meaningless from a legal standpoint. Press credentials are not a real thing with any official weight. And if someone reports news as a volunteer for a non-profit organization are they not a journalist?
- anticensor 3y agoThey are a real thing and bring significant privileges in some jurisdictions. In some of them, press credential is actually government issued and yes, they tend to exclude volunteer journalists. It does not mean volunteer journalism is illegal, rather that volunteer journalists do not confer the same privilege as professional ones.
- nradov 3y agoI am so thankful to live in the USA where anyone can be a journalist and no government credentials are needed.