Comments on: Josh Wolf: journalist or troublemaker? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/14/josh-wolf-journalist-or-troublemaker/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: dan mcquillan http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/14/josh-wolf-journalist-or-troublemaker/comment-page-1/#comment-249096 dan mcquillan Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:09:31 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/04/14/josh-wolf-journalist-or-troublemaker/#comment-249096 You're right to highlight the journalist/non-journalist issue, and Josh's example of the pamhleteers is an important one. By looking at the values that need protecting, rather than argiung over official definitions of 'journalist', we can update our civic & legal system to the internet age. In <a href="Josh Wolf free but citizen journalism under threat" rel="nofollow">my post about Josh's release</a> i propose that, from a human rights perspective (which is what the First Amendment embodies) we should drop the category of journalist altogether and find other terms for our right to participate and to be heard. "In harsh times, is it enough to be reporters, or do we need to become defenders? dan You’re right to highlight the journalist/non-journalist issue, and Josh’s example of the pamhleteers is an important one. By looking at the values that need protecting, rather than argiung over official definitions of ‘journalist’, we can update our civic & legal system to the internet age.

In my post about Josh’s release i propose that, from a human rights perspective (which is what the First Amendment embodies) we should drop the category of journalist altogether and find other terms for our right to participate and to be heard. “In harsh times, is it enough to be reporters, or do we need to become defenders?

dan

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