Alaska Statutes Title 9. Code of Civil Procedure § 09.25.390. Definitions for AS 09.25.300 - 09.25.390

(1) “news organization” means

(2) “privilege” means the conditional privilege granted to public officials and reporters to refuse to testify as to a source of information;

(3) “public official” means a person elected to a public office created by the Constitution or laws of this state, whether executive, legislative, or judicial, and who was holding that office at the time of the communication for which privilege is claimed;

(4) “reporter” means a person regularly engaged in the business of collecting or writing news for publication, or presentation to the public, through a news organization; it includes persons who were reporters at the time of the communication, though not at the time of the claim of privilege.