What is journalism? In the U.S. a free press and journalists are protected under law so this question is an important legal one.
So this item is important in helping the definition:
-----------------------------------------------+
| Blogger Wins 1.5 Year Legal Battle |
| from the fighting-the-good-fight dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Wednesday October 31, @12:44 (Censorship) |
| http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/31/1624239 |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------+

[0]FixYourThinking writes "After nearly one and a half years of
harassment from a relentless attorney, it seems that quietly a blogger in
South Carolina has [1]won a monumental ruling in favor of bloggers. In a
summary judgement requested by the Defendant, Philip Smith was able to
obtain a special sanction after the Plaintiff attorney put a 'notice of
lien' (called lis pendens) on Smith's residence. The judge also
reprimanded the Plaintiff attorney for abusive deposition and court
procedure. The case set forth the following; 'It's not the format; it's
the content and intention that make text journalism / reporting.'"

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/10/31/1624239

Links:
0. http://www.fixyourthinking.com/
1. http://fixyourthinking.com/2007/10/whats-been-going-on-in-last-week.html