"In Lovell v. City of Griffin, 303 U.S. 444 (1938), Chief Justice Hughes defined the press as, “every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion.”
But this is Japan. And the US already belongs to the corporations. So even if you stumble upon really cool information which you are not obliged to hide - shut up and enjoy the spoils yourself.
Unfortunately, the people that leak such information aren't journalists and don't benefit from the shield laws available to them in order to be able to post such information.
Being a tech journalist, I deal with and get my hands on internal documentation, but Gizmodo was a special case as Gawker Media paid for the iPhone 4 prototype which is a violation of California's penal code regarding the reception of stolen property.
Gizmodo may get press access to major events but Gawker Media really isn't in the business of practicing journalism on the level of a newspaper which is why they're open to such liability.
So technically, as long as the information is relayed to a certified journalist for free, the source of the information would be protected by the rights of journalists, and the news can be published, right?
Pretty much on the money, except journalists aren't certified. Checkbook journalism is such a can of worms that many just stay away from it as a matter of ethics.
It's pretty simple: Get info from source, analyze info, scrub identifiable info, then post with analysis. Lather, rinse, repeat.

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9:00 PM on 11.02.2010
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