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 Wall Street Journal Blogs | In US, cries for federal 'shield law' grow louder National Post, Canada - The need for a shield law has been highlighted this month in many US newspaper editorials by the case of former USA Today reporter Toni Locy. ... Editorial: Support public's right to know Edito! rial: Sh ield Law Covering the news is under fire, once again |
USA Today case builds momentum for reporter shield law Austin American-Statesman, TX - Her stories also came after former Attorney General John Ashcroft had announced in 2002 that Hatfill was a "person of interest" in the attacks. But Locy is ... |
Journalists fined and jailed Blogger News Network - My preference would be that Ms. Locy just end the circus by confirming that her source was the head of the criminal division in the District of Columbia who ... |
AP CEO Pushes for More Open Government The Associated Press - In his remarks, Curley: _Cited the case of former USA Today reporter Toni Locy as a "dramatic example" of why Congress should pass a federal shield law. ... |
Jansen, Alice C. Appleton Post Crescent, USA - ... Locy; nieces: Dorothy Bissing and Dolores (Eugene) Driessen; nephews: Donald (Florence) Locy, David Locy, John Locy, Yvonne Locy and Roger Gloudemans. ... |
What people are saying about Sunshine Week USA Today - Former USA TODAY reporter Toni Locy is caught in the middle as Hatfill pursues a lawsuit against the federal government. … Anyone can feel sympathy for ... |
Court Blocks Fines Against Reporter The Associated Press - Subsequently, Attorney General John Ashcroft called Hatfill "a person of interest" in the investigation and stories by various reporters including Locy ... |
Time for Action American Journalism Review, MD - But the urgency of the situation is underscored by the Toni Locy case. Locy is the former USA Today reporter whose sources are being sought by lawyers for ... |
Anthrax case judge orders ex-reporter to reveal sources or pay fines Los Angeles Times, CA - Toni Locy, who now teaches journalism at West Virginia University, faces a $500 daily fine beginning at midnight. Next week, the fines will go up to $1000 ... |
 USA Today | Fines in anthrax case rile media USA Today - ... against Locy, now a West Virginia University journalism professor. Hatfill, who was publicly identified in 2002 by John Ashcroft, then attorney general, ... |
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Walton said reporter Toni Locy defied his order last August that she cooperate with Steven J. Hatfill in his lawsuit against the government. Walton indicated he would impose a fine until she divulged her sources, but that he would take ...
Serving Toni Locy Her Just Desserts
Hatfill was first publicly fingered by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, who had said he was a "person of interest" in the anthrax investigation. Like Jewell and the Duke Lacrosse team members, Dr. Hatfill was wholly innocent. ...
Judge Delivers on Promise, Journo Must Pay Fines From Own Funds
Last month, Judge Walton, a DC district court judge, held Toni Locy, a former USA Today reporter, in contempt for refusing to name her sources for a story she wrote about Dr. Steven Hatfill's possible role in the 2001 anthrax attacks. ...
Contempt of Court for Reporter in Anthrax Investigation
Reporter Toni Locy, a Washington County native, faces a $500-a-day fine — possibly escalating to $5000 a day plus jail time — since a federal judge last week found her in contempt of court for refusing to name confidential sources who ...
Subpoenaed For Her Sources, Journalist Fighting Fines
Former USA Today reporter and current WVU faculty member Toni Locy is filing an emergency appeal of a federal judge's order fining her thousands of dollars a day out of her own pocket for refusing to name her confidential sources. ...
Court Stays Running Fines Against Locy in Anthrax Litigation
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the $5000 a day fines imposed on former USA Today reporter Toni Locy by Judge Reggie Walton for refusing to reveal her sources in stories about the criminal ...
Federal appeals court blocks lower court fines against USA Today ...
Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft also publicly identified Hatfill as a "person of interest." Lawyers for Locy and USA Today appealed Walton's ruling to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ...
Appeals court blocks fines of up to $5000 a day against reporter
Subsequently, Attorney General John Ashcroft called Hatfill "a person of interest" in the investigation and stories by various reporters including Locy followed. Hatfill had worked at the Army's infectious diseases laboratory from 1997 ...
Our view on your right to know: Judge forces reporter to pick ...
On Friday, US District Judge Reggie Walton ordered former USA TODAY reporter Toni Locy to reveal the names of confidential sources or pay more than $45000 in fines. He required, outrageously, that she pay them without any help from ...
A New Weapon for Courts Against Silent Journos?
Miller writes: "Why should Ms. Locy and independent journalism pay the price for former Attorney General John Ashcroft's reckless statement in 2002 that Dr. Hatfill was a 'person of interest' in the anthrax inquiry?"
Our view on your right to know: Judge forces reporter to pick ...
On top of that draconian and perhaps unprecedented ruling, Walton refused to give Locy time to appeal. That, too, is unusual. Locy's crime? Keeping her word to sources so that readers could learn what those sources only dared disclose ...
Reporter Held in Contempt in Anthrax Case
In 2002, the FBI and John Ashcroft, then the attorney general, described Dr. Hatfill as a "person of interest" in the investigation into the attacks, which killed five people and remain unsolved. Judge Walton said Ms. Locy's testimony ...
Anthrax Case: Judge Holds Reporter In Contempt
The judge said he would consider postponing the penalty, however, to allow Locy and her lawyers to appeal the contempt ruling. Walton didn't immediately decide whether Locy would be personally responsible for payment of the fines, ...
Rod Lurie: Sacrificing the First Amendment
In her article, Locy revealed that Stephen Hatfill was a prime suspect in the government investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Hatfill has sued the government for destroying his reputation. US district court judge Reggie Walton, ...
Shield law needed to protect sources
Last week a federal judge found a former USA Today reporter, Toni Locy, in contempt of court for refusing to reveal her confidential source for stories she wrote about an Army scientist, Dr. Steven J. ...
Walton said reporter Toni Locy defied his order last August that she cooperate with Steven J. Hatfill in his lawsuit against the government. Walton indicated he would impose a fine until she divulged her sources, but that he would take ...
Serving Toni Locy Her Just Desserts
Hatfill was first publicly fingered by then-Attorney General John Ashcroft, who had said he was a "person of interest" in the anthrax investigation. Like Jewell and the Duke Lacrosse team members, Dr. Hatfill was wholly innocent. ...
Judge Delivers on Promise, Journo Must Pay Fines From Own Funds
Last month, Judge Walton, a DC district court judge, held Toni Locy, a former USA Today reporter, in contempt for refusing to name her sources for a story she wrote about Dr. Steven Hatfill's possible role in the 2001 anthrax attacks. ...
Contempt of Court for Reporter in Anthrax Investigation
Reporter Toni Locy, a Washington County native, faces a $500-a-day fine — possibly escalating to $5000 a day plus jail time — since a federal judge last week found her in contempt of court for refusing to name confidential sources who ...
Subpoenaed For Her Sources, Journalist Fighting Fines
Former USA Today reporter and current WVU faculty member Toni Locy is filing an emergency appeal of a federal judge's order fining her thousands of dollars a day out of her own pocket for refusing to name her confidential sources. ...
Court Stays Running Fines Against Locy in Anthrax Litigation
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the $5000 a day fines imposed on former USA Today reporter Toni Locy by Judge Reggie Walton for refusing to reveal her sources in stories about the criminal ...
Federal appeals court blocks lower court fines against USA Today ...
Then-Attorney General John Ashcroft also publicly identified Hatfill as a "person of interest." Lawyers for Locy and USA Today appealed Walton's ruling to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ...
Appeals court blocks fines of up to $5000 a day against reporter
Subsequently, Attorney General John Ashcroft called Hatfill "a person of interest" in the investigation and stories by various reporters including Locy followed. Hatfill had worked at the Army's infectious diseases laboratory from 1997 ...
Our view on your right to know: Judge forces reporter to pick ...
On Friday, US District Judge Reggie Walton ordered former USA TODAY reporter Toni Locy to reveal the names of confidential sources or pay more than $45000 in fines. He required, outrageously, that she pay them without any help from ...
A New Weapon for Courts Against Silent Journos?
Miller writes: "Why should Ms. Locy and independent journalism pay the price for former Attorney General John Ashcroft's reckless statement in 2002 that Dr. Hatfill was a 'person of interest' in the anthrax inquiry?"
Our view on your right to know: Judge forces reporter to pick ...
On top of that draconian and perhaps unprecedented ruling, Walton refused to give Locy time to appeal. That, too, is unusual. Locy's crime? Keeping her word to sources so that readers could learn what those sources only dared disclose ...
Reporter Held in Contempt in Anthrax Case
In 2002, the FBI and John Ashcroft, then the attorney general, described Dr. Hatfill as a "person of interest" in the investigation into the attacks, which killed five people and remain unsolved. Judge Walton said Ms. Locy's testimony ...
Anthrax Case: Judge Holds Reporter In Contempt
The judge said he would consider postponing the penalty, however, to allow Locy and her lawyers to appeal the contempt ruling. Walton didn't immediately decide whether Locy would be personally responsible for payment of the fines, ...
Rod Lurie: Sacrificing the First Amendment
In her article, Locy revealed that Stephen Hatfill was a prime suspect in the government investigation of the 2001 anthrax attacks. Hatfill has sued the government for destroying his reputation. US district court judge Reggie Walton, ...
Shield law needed to protect sources
Last week a federal judge found a former USA Today reporter, Toni Locy, in contempt of court for refusing to reveal her confidential source for stories she wrote about an Army scientist, Dr. Steven J. ...
