§ 9-19.1-2 Nondisclosure of confidential
information.
Except as provided in § 9-19.1-3, no person shall be required by any
court, grand jury, agency, department, or commission of the state to reveal
confidential association, to disclose any confidential information, or to
disclose the source of any confidential information received or obtained by him
or her in his or her capacity as a reporter, editor, commentator, journalist,
writer, correspondent, newsphotographer, or other person directly engaged in
the gathering or presentation of news for any accredited newspaper, periodical,
press association, newspaper syndicate, wire service, or radio or television
station.
(P.L. 1971, ch. 86, § 1.)