Changes to Hawaii’s Shield Law ‘Ignorant of What’s Going On in the Media World’

Posted: 4/15/2013  |  By: Taylor Miller Thomas | Poynter

A proposed Hawaii law would limit the use of anonymous sources and would remove protections on other reporting done by journalists. According to some Hawaii journalists, the law, now passed by the state’s House and Senate and awaiting conference committee, would limit their ability to report on some important or high-stakes stories.