Are Bloggers Journalists?

This article is a little out of my "topic area," but the Christian Science Monitor has an article about a recent Apple lawsuit against a 19-year-old Harvard student for allegedly illegally obtaining information regarding the company's unveiled products and disclosing details  about the products on his blog:  thinksecret.com.  The article asks the intesting question as to whether Bloggers have the same legal protections provided to journalists under "shield" laws.