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It is not, he's wrong. Whether someone is, or is not, a journalist has been decided by courts in the past as part of the application of the various journalist s
by jarito 14y ago
It is not, he's wrong. Whether someone is, or is not, a journalist has been decided by courts in the past as part of the application of the various journalist shield laws.
Working for a well-known publication and having a journalism degree certainly helps your case, but it is not required.
- gambiting 14y agoYou can only get to certain places with a press pass, like war zones and such, and it grants you diplomatic immunity and journalist protection from many things that could happen to you :P You can't just run in yelling "I am a journalist!" and expecting everyone to accept it. Either you are accredited or you are not.