Courting Trouble.(Brief Article)

American Journalism Review,  November, 2000  by KIRTLEY, JANE

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The legal system is no place to sort out editorial disputes.

Investigative journalism often depends on whistleblowers--insiders who provide information to reporters about the wrong-doing of government or the corporate world. The value of whistleblowers in keeping society informed and officials honest is so obvious that many states, as well as the federal government, have statutes on the books prohibiting retaliation against employees who bring illegal activity to light.

But in a novel case, two plaintiffs--Steve Wilson and Jane Akre--aren't ordinary whistle-blowers. They are ...

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