‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

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‘The day I disclose, my career is over’: the journalist facing an $800 daily fine to keep her sources secret

If Catherine Herridge’s petition to the US supreme court fails, she’ll be on the hook for a daily fine until she discloses her sources – a case unsettling press freedom organizations For 18 days this summer, veteran journalist Catherine Herridge walked to her Washington DC mailbox and dropped off a check for $800. The money was required by law to cover a judge-imposed sanction after she was found in contempt of court…