{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-5-508","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 24-5-508","heading":"Qualified privilege for news gathering or dissemination.","body":"Any person, company, or other entity engaged in the gathering and dissemination of news for the public through any newspaper, book, magazine, radio or television broadcast, or electronic means shall have a qualified privilege against disclosure of any information, document, or item obtained or prepared in the gathering or dissemination of news in any proceeding where the one asserting the privilege is not a party, unless it is shown that this privilege has been waived or that what is sought:\n(1) Is material and relevant;\n(2) Cannot be reasonably obtained by alternative means; and\n(3) Is necessary to the proper preparation or presentation of the case of a party seeking the information, document, or item.","path":["TITLE 24 EvidenceCHAPTER 99.","CHAPTER 5 Privileges"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.24.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"19326903b2d8e18ecc8708035afca43d846df39fc746b440d627c4dbdbd20ede","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-5-507","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-24-5-509"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}