In the digital era, journalists’ source protection is facing new challenges. A big part of the communication between the journalists and their sources is now taking place online, thus exposing it to surveillance, national security interests and erosion of source protection laws. How engaged and interested are swedish journalists regarding these challenges? And what methods do they use to protect their sources in this new era? This study examines the knowledge and interest among swedish journalists regarding digital security and source protection issues, and which methods they use for source protection in the digital age. It also gives a brief introduction to the current laws and legislative proposals that may impact source protection in Sweden. This is done through interviews with journalists from four swedish media editors. Uppdrag granskning, Dagens Nyheter, HD/Sydsvenskan and P4 Västerbotten. Our study shows that the majority of our respondents are interested and engaged in issues regarding digital security and source protection, but the level of actual knowledge varies. Some journalists are so engaged that it affects how they live their private lives outside the newsroom, while others have little or no knowledge regarding the security of their own editorial office. It is also clear that there is a need for journalists to be educated in new secure methods so that they can, in turn, educate their own sources.

This thesis investigates whether institutional journalism should receive special treatment at the hands of the law. Special treatment encompasses the affording of benefits to and the imposition of liabilities on journalistic institutions and the individuals who work for them. The arguments against special treatment are pragmatic and theoretical: pragmatic arguments emphasise, inter alia, the difficulty of providing a definition of journalism, and theoretical arguments emphasise the difficulty in explaining why special treatment can be coherent. The former can be addressed by describing how special treatment is already afforded to institutional journalism, both liabilities and benefits, to individuals and institutions, and showing that some of the problems foreseen by the pragmatic arguments have not proved as difficult as they appear. The arguments that special treatment is incoherent can be addressed by arguing that the credibility and assessability of institutional journalism still provide a prima facie rationale for special treatment irrespective of the rise of public speech on the Internet, when combined with the integral nature of journalism to democracy. Two basic arguments are advanced why this is so. The first, the free speech values argument, is a consequentialist account that holds that special treatment is appropriate when (or because) institutional journalism contributes to free speech values. It is attractive, but presents difficulties, both when considered in the abstract and when applied to the free speech value of democracy. The second, a rights-based argument, based on the notion that freedoms of speech and of the Press are distinguishable, can be based on either on Dworkin’s theory of rights as trumps or Raz’s theory of rights as interests. Raz’s account is preferable, as it complements the free speech values thesis in explaining the coherence of special treatment.

Ziel der vorliegenden Bachelorarbeit war es, die Grundwasseraustritte im Forstrevier Ottomühle zu erfassen und zu bewerten, um Handlungsempfehlungen für die Renaturierung oder zukünftige Pflege der Quellbereiche und die forstliche Bewirtschaftung im Umfeld erarbeiten zu können. Zwischen März und Juni 2020 konnten insgesamt 19 Quellen im Forstrevier Ottomühle auf Grundlage einer Handlungsanleitung des Bayrischen Landesamtes für Umwelt erfasst und nach ihrer Naturnähe bewertet werden. Die vorgefundenen Beeinträchtigungen waren in absteigender Häufigkeit (Anzahl der betroffenen Quellen): • Nicht standortgerechter Baumbestand (12) • Kronenmaterial oder Schlagabraum (9) • Trittschäden (8) • Aufstau (5) • Kahlschlag (3) • Oberflächen- oder Drainagewassereinleitung (3) • Uferverbau oder Sohlenverbau (3) • Verrohrung (3) • Totalverbau (2) • Umleitung oder Verlegung (2) Auf Basis aktueller Literatur wurde anschließend für jede Quelle eine Handlungsempfehlung erarbeitet. Sie beinhaltet Maßnahmenvorschläge, Renaturierungsempfehlungen sowie Pflege- und Bewirtschaftungshinweise für den Quellbereich und das nähere Umfeld.:1 EINLEITUNG 2 MATERIAL UND METHODEN 2.1 UNTERSUCHUNGSGEBIET 2.2 SYSTEMATIK DER QUELLEN 2.3 DATENAUFNAHME IM FREILAND 2.3.1 Basis-Bogen 2.3.2 Detail-Bogen 2.4 QUELLENBEWERTUNG 2.5 ERARBEITUNG DER HANDLUNGSEMPFEHLUNG 3 ERGEBNISSE 3.1 ALLGEMEINE AUSWERTUNG 3.2 EINZELQUELLEN 3.2.1 „Wegquelle“ (ID 00001) 3.2.2 Zehrborn (ID 00002) 3.2.3 „Sumpfquelle“ (ID00003) 3.2.4 „Eisenquelle“ (ID 00004) 3.2.5 „Flurquelle“ (ID 00005) 3.2.6 Singeborn (ID 00006) 3.2.7 „Turmquelle“ (ID 00007/00008) 3.2.8 „Wildquelle“ (ID 00009) 3.2.9 „Teichquelle“ (ID 00010) 3.2.10 „Kapuzinerquelle“ (ID 00011) 3.2.11 Herkulesquelle (ID 00012) 3.2.12 „Johannisquelle“ (ID 00013) 3.2.13 „Kachequelle“ (ID 00015) 3.2.14 „Fichtenquelle“ (ID 00016) 3.2.15 „Jägerquelle“ (ID 00017) 3.2.16 „Brennnesselquelle“ (ID 00018) 3.2.17 „Fallenquelle“ (ID 00019) 3.2.18 „Dornquelle“ (ID 00020) 3.2.19 „Hainquelle“ (ID 00021) 4 DISKUSSION 5 FAZIT ANHANG / The aim of this bachelor thesis was to register and evaluate the current state of coldwater springs in the forest district „Ottomühle“. The gathered data was used to develop recommendations for action, which include renaturation processes, future maintenance of the springs and forest management in the surrounding areas. From March to June 2020 a total of 19 springs were registered in the district. The collection of needed parameters and the proximate assessment according to a springs natural state followed the instruction manual of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (Bayrisches Landesamtes für Umwelt). The impairments found were in decreasing frequency (number of affected springs): • Non-natural tree population (12) • Branch material or low-grade timber (9) • Soil damage by trampling or vehicles (8) • Water impoundment (5) • Forest clearance (3) • Waterinput from surface or drainage water (3) • Piping (3) • Obstruction of riverbanks or riverbed sheeting (3) • Complete obstruction (2) • Bypass or relocation (2) The recommendations for further action in relation to impairments are presented in this paper.:1 EINLEITUNG 2 MATERIAL UND METHODEN 2.1 UNTERSUCHUNGSGEBIET 2.2 SYSTEMATIK DER QUELLEN 2.3 DATENAUFNAHME IM FREILAND 2.3.1 Basis-Bogen 2.3.2 Detail-Bogen 2.4 QUELLENBEWERTUNG 2.5 ERARBEITUNG DER HANDLUNGSEMPFEHLUNG 3 ERGEBNISSE 3.1 ALLGEMEINE AUSWERTUNG 3.2 EINZELQUELLEN 3.2.1 „Wegquelle“ (ID 00001) 3.2.2 Zehrborn (ID 00002) 3.2.3 „Sumpfquelle“ (ID00003) 3.2.4 „Eisenquelle“ (ID 00004) 3.2.5 „Flurquelle“ (ID 00005) 3.2.6 Singeborn (ID 00006) 3.2.7 „Turmquelle“ (ID 00007/00008) 3.2.8 „Wildquelle“ (ID 00009) 3.2.9 „Teichquelle“ (ID 00010) 3.2.10 „Kapuzinerquelle“ (ID 00011) 3.2.11 Herkulesquelle (ID 00012) 3.2.12 „Johannisquelle“ (ID 00013) 3.2.13 „Kachequelle“ (ID 00015) 3.2.14 „Fichtenquelle“ (ID 00016) 3.2.15 „Jägerquelle“ (ID 00017) 3.2.16 „Brennnesselquelle“ (ID 00018) 3.2.17 „Fallenquelle“ (ID 00019) 3.2.18 „Dornquelle“ (ID 00020) 3.2.19 „Hainquelle“ (ID 00021) 4 DISKUSSION 5 FAZIT ANHANG