Matter of Contempt of Wright

*419HUNTLEY, Justice.

By this appeal we are asked to determine whether there exists under the United States or the Idaho Constitution a newsperson’s qualified privilege to refuse to disclose confidential sources. We hold there is such a qualified privilege under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and Art. I, § 9 of the Idaho Constitution. We reverse and remand to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

This case arose when Jim Wright, reporter for the Moscow, Idaho, Daily Idahonian, refused to disclose the name of a confidential source he had…