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The News Media and The Law, Fall 2009

 

Publisher Lucy A. Dalglish

Editor Gregg P. Leslie

Managing Editor Amanda Becker

Senior Editor Corinna Zarek

Contributors Cristina Abello, Kirk Davis, Rory Eastburg, Brook Ericson, Miranda Fleschert, Ansley Schrimpf

Administration Lois Lloyd, Victor Gaberman, Maria Gowen

RCFP Steering Committee

Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press

Wolf Blitzer, CNN

David Boardman, Seattle Times

Chip Bok, Creators Syndicate

Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal

Earl Caldwell, Pacifica Radio

Michael Duffy, Time

Richard S. Dunham, Houston Chronicle

Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Magazine

Fred Graham, InSession

John C. Henry, Freelance

Nat Hentoff, United Media Newspaper Syndicate

Stephen Labaton, The New York Times

Neil Lewis, The New York Times

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Tony Mauro, National Law Journal

Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News

Bill Nichols, Politico

Sandra Peddie, Newsday

Dana Priest, The Washington Post

Dan Rather, HDNet

Jim Rubin, Bloomberg News

Cristine Russell, Freelance

Bob Schieffer, CBS News

Pierre Thomas, ABC News

Saundra Torry, USA Today

Vickie Walton-James, National Public Radio

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 2009

Fall 2009
Vol. 33, No. 4

Who is a "journalist?" ... and why does it matter?

Editorial

 

Jack Nelson was a journalist

Reporter's Privilege

 

Who is a "journalist?"

 

Expanding Exemptions

 

Congress moves forward on shield bill details

Newsgathering

 

When journalism and activism collide

Freedom of Information

 

Media Matters

Reporter's Privilege

 

Unmasking the identities of online commenters

 

 

Jack Nelson, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Reporters Committee co-founder, dies at 80

Freedom of Information

 

Congress, White House exempt abuse photos from FOIA

 

Federal Reserve locks vault on bailout records

 

Law schools step in to help maintain sunshine

 

Illinois revises transparency laws on heels of scandal

Prior Restraints

 

Attorney general to limit state secrets privilege

 

Taking secrecy to extremes

 

Still Keeping Secrets

Libel

 

Anti-SLAPP saves the day

Content Regulation

 

Networks say new FCC policies are indecent

Newsgathering

 

Laptop search policy still a concern for journalists

 

Only journalists need visas for short-term business travel

 

 

Open & Shut

 

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