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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Judge rules that blogger is a journalist

A Canadian judge has agreed that a blogger who was arrested while trying to cover a protest is a journalist. In dismissing charges against Charles LeBlanc of obstructing a police officer, the judge observed that he was "simply plying his trade, gathering photographs and information for his blog alongside other reporters." Even the police admitted regularly viewing LeBlanc's blog which he writes while living on social assistance in New Brunswick. (Via New York Times)

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