N.Y.P.D. Is Sued Over Denial of Press CredentialsIn the ever-shifting media landscape of 2008, who, exactly, is a journalist? That question is at the heart of a lawsuit filed against the Police Department on Wednesday on behalf of three men — Rafael Martínez Alequin, Ralph E. Smith and David Wallis — who say that they were unfairly denied press passes because they work for online or nontraditional news outlets. The lawsuit, filed in Federal Dist
