CBS News Returns ‘Several Boxes’ of Seized Reporting Materials to Catherine Herridge, Including Files on Confidential Sources Following Media Outcry
CBS News has returned ‘several boxes’ containing reporting materials to award-winning journalist Catherine Herridge following an intervention by SAG-AFTRA amidst concerns over press freedom and the protection of confidential sources.
The materials were handed back to Herridge at her CBS News office in Washington D.C., with a union representative present to monitor the process. The contents of these boxes, which include files related to confidential sources, are currently under review by Herridge.
The Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) issued the following statement.
SAG-AFTRA is pleased to confirm that earlier today a representative of our union monitored the return of several boxes containing Catherine Herridge’s reporting materials from her CBS News office in Washington D.C.
