SUPPORT JOURNALISTS UNDER SUBPOENA

Groups representing journalists, including The Newspaper Guild-CWA, are joining to gather thousands of signatures on a statement in support of more than half-dozen reporters who currently face the threat of heavy fines or jail time for refusing to reveal confidential sources.

Reporters from Time, the Washington Post and the New York Times are among those currently under subpoena to reveal news sources they have promised to keep confidential. 

Leaders of the groups sponsoring the petition drive, which also include the American Society of Newspaper Editors, SPJ, AFTRA and the Reporters' Committee for Freedom of Press, are aiming to get more than 10,000 U.S. journalists to sign before presenting the statement to appropriate federal authorities. We also hope to publicize the statement and its signers in various newspapers throughout the country.   

The Guild urges all U.S. journalists to sign the statement and circulate it among co-workers and editors. 

To read and sign the statement, go to:

http://www.rcfp.org/standup/