RCFP: FTC guidelines may call to question who is a journalist

Ericson, B. (2009, October 7). RCFP: New FTC guidelines may affect electronic journalists. Reporters Committee for the Freedom of the Press. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://www.rcfp.org/newsitems/index.php?i=11055.

Legal definitions of a “journalist” are still being worked out in the law. That I understand. I don’t understand Duke UP’s complaint!:

Howard, J. (2009, October 7). The Wired Campus – Why the FTC’s New Rules for Bloggers Could Hurt Publishers, Too – The Chronicle of Higher Education. Chronicle of Higher Ed. Retrieved October 8, 2009, from http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Why-the-FTCs-New-Rules-for/8371/.

I thought the use of term “chilling effect” in this context was absurd.