@MissConstrue @d_a_n_a @Standard_Phil
I've seen news reports where little local websites, including some run by minors, were treated as bona fide media if they had been at it for long enough to show a pattern of reporting news. Those cases were mostly about local governments trying to shut the sites down because they didn't like the reporting. I don't know how the courts would treat that kind of reporter if they were disclosing information from documents covered by a protective order.