Bloggers Don't Count as Journalists (In Oregon) 7.49K Adrian Chen 12/05/11 06:30PM Filed to: journalismism journalismism Oregon Bloggers Newspapers shutterstock Oregon's shield law, which protects journalists from being forced to reveal a source, doesn't apply to independent bloggers, a court ruled. Sucks to be you, Oregon bloggers. Try printing out your blog posts and pretending to be a newspaper.