https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/tags/journalism/Recent content in Journalism on Cephas - Liana Banyan Knowledge CenterHugo -- 0.152.2en-us© 2026 Liana Banyan Corporation. All rights reserved.Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/im-just-a-bill/press-act-journalist-shield/Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://cephas.lianabanyan.com/im-just-a-bill/press-act-journalist-shield/<h1 id="-im-just-a-bill--press-act">👀 I&rsquo;m Just a Bill — PRESS Act</h1> <h2 id="a-liana-banyan-im-just-a-bill-bounty-poster">A Liana Banyan &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Just a Bill&rdquo; Bounty Poster</h2> <h2 id="what-is-this-bill">What is this bill?</h2> <p>The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying (PRESS) Act in the 119th Congress establishing a federal shield law for journalists protecting source confidentiality, with specified exceptions.</p> <h2 id="what-does-it-actually-do">What does it actually do?</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Source protection</strong> — federal protection for journalist-source confidentiality</li> <li><strong>Exceptions</strong> — clear exceptions for terrorism, kidnapping, imminent harm</li> <li><strong>Definition of &ldquo;journalist&rdquo;</strong> — broad enough to cover independent and cooperative-class journalists, narrow enough to exclude bad-faith actors</li> <li><strong>Tech-company protection</strong> — limits federal subpoenas to tech companies seeking journalist communications</li> </ul> <h2 id="who-votes-when">Who votes when?</h2> <ul> <li>House Judiciary + Senate Judiciary active consideration; historically bipartisan with intelligence-community concerns</li> </ul> <h2 id="how-does-this-affect-cooperative-class-families">How does this affect cooperative-class families?</h2> <p>Composes with <strong>#9 Rally Group</strong> member-organized civic-information work, <strong>#15 Political Expedition Council</strong> &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Just a Bill&rdquo; pilot vetting infrastructure, and the cooperative&rsquo;s broader Federal-Congressional Body Cam transparency doctrine.</p>