WTVJ-NBC 6 v. Shehadeh

WTVJ-NBC 6, a television network affiliate (WTVJ), and its reporter, Jeff Burnside, seek a writ of certiorari to quash an order compelling Burnside to appear for deposition on a limited topic relating to an earlier news broadcast. The broadcast (as well as the underlying lawsuit in which the subpoena was served on WTVJ and Burnside) covered a dispute between the City Council of the City of Homestead, Florida, and its former City Manager, Mike Sheha-deh. The issue presented below was whether WTVJ and Burnside were entitled to a protective order under Florida’s “journalist’s privilege,” section…