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The News Media and The Law, Fall 2007

 

Publisher Lucy A. Dalglish

Editor Gregg P. Leslie

Managing Editor Jennifer Koons

Senior Editor Loren A. Cochran

Contributors Scott Albright, Matthew Pollack and Corinna Zarek

Administration Lois Lloyd, Victor Gaberman, Maria Gowen

 

RCFP Steering Committee

Dan Abrams, MSNBC

Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press

Chip Bok, Akron Beacon Journal

Earl Caldwell, Pacifica Radio

Rebecca Carr, Cox Newspapers

Walter Cronkite, CBS News

Richard S. Dunham, Houston Chronicle

Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Magazine

Steve Geimann, Bloomberg News

Fred Graham, Court TV

Stephen Henderson, Detroit Free Press

John C. Henry, The Associated Press

Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice

Edward H. Kohn, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Stephen Labaton, The New York Times

Neil Lewis, The New York Times

Tony Mauro, Legal Times

Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

Wilson F. Minor, Factual Reporting Service

Sandra Peddie, Newsday

Dana Priest, The Washington Post

Dan Rather, HDNet

Cristine Russell, Freelance

Tim Russert, NBC News

Bob Schieffer, CBS News

Gerald F. Seib, The Wall Street Journal

Saundra Torry, USA Today

Vickie Walton-James, Tribune Publishing

Judy Woodruff, PBS/The News Hour

Affiliations appear for purposes of identification.

The Reporters Committee would like to thank The Associated Press for permission to use photos from its files.

 

The News Media and The Law, Fall 2007

Fall 2007
Vol. 31, No. 4

Safe and Secure?

Freedom of Information

 

Safe and Secure?

 

Accessing bridge inspection information

 

From opened to closed

 

After the bridge fell...

Reporter's Privilege

 

Congress closes in on a shield law

 

Q&A on the Free Flow of Information Act

 

The Tale of the Tape

 

Wavering on waivers

Libel

 

Judges keep libel plaintiffs in check

 

A $3 million apology

 

Thomas' turbulent trial

 

 

Mukasey

Prior Restraints

 

Trying blind

 

Making the Call

Newsgathering

 

The right to gather news

 

 

From the Hotline

Freedom of Information

 

FOIA reform 2007

 

Voluntary dismissal

 

Mine, yours and ours

 

 

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