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This might help?

I am a journalist who will be attending a conference. What type of visa doe I require?
The classification of visa required for travel to the United States is determined by the purpose of the visit, not the profession of the traveler. A classification B-1 (business) visa, or visa free travel under the Visa Waiver Program is appropriate for persons attending a conference. A journalist employed by a media organization or a freelance journalist under contract to a media organization who will be filing a story on his/her return will require the appropriate “I” classification visa.

http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new...iv.html#niv052

Sounds like if you're not travelling with your job, you need the ordinary visa waiver or B2?
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Thanks Blott, sounds like she has the correct visa for her job, just need to find out if she can travel on the visa waiver for hols or if now that she has a visa in her passport she needs another visa for leisure travel.
What a headache!!