Do local bloggers need insurance?
by Matt on Oct 13, 2009 in General
The Online News Association is running a survey for the next few days to find out if there’s a need for online journalists (which would include some hyperlocal bloggers) to have insurance:
“With the growth of independent news outlets, bloggers and media entrepreneurship, the need for affordable, reliable coverage has expanded exponentially.
As a result, the Online News Association, in partnership with AXIS Pro (formerly Media/Professional Insurance), is surveying digital journalists to gauge the need for low-cost Media Liability Insurance coverage, which includes libel, defamation, copyright and other publishing torts.
If ONA determines enough need and interest, we will work with AXIS Pro to provide a program tailored for digital journalists under the ONA name.”
You can take the survey here. CyberJournalist says it’s open until this Friday, October 16.
And I’m curious to hear from you local bloggers: Do you have insurance against libel, defamation, etc.? If not, have you given it any thought in the past?
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I worry about getting sued and I am a blogger. I work at a law firm so that may be part of it. Having low cost insurance would make me sleep better at night. I also plan to incorporate my company.
Never really thought about it but I am now. I write a sports blog and have never really worried about sharing my opinion about a player. I’d like to think writing honest opinions cant get me in trouble, but this does make me think.
I am lucky to live in Vancouver, Canada where we have a Legal society called PIVOT legal that helps all sorts of legal matters.
http://www.pivotlegal.org