Director of ‘Crude’ Can’t Claim Journalist’s Privilege, Court Says – NYTimes.com

A federal appeals court has ruled that Joe Berlinger, a filmmaker who was ordered to hand over footage from his 2009 documentary “Crude” to the Chevron Corporation, cannot invoke a journalist’s privilege in refusing to do so because his work does not constitute an act of independent reporting.

Link: Director of ‘Crude’ Can’t Claim Journalist’s Privilege, Court Says – NYTimes.com