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The News Media and The Law, Fall 2011

 

Publisher  Lucy A. Dalglish

Editor  Gregg P. Leslie

Managing Editor  Nicole Lozare

Contributing Editor  Mark Caramanica

Contributors  Kirsten Berg, J.C. Derrick, You-Jin Han, Chris Healy, Kristen Rasmussen, Jamie Schuman
    
Administration  Lois Lloyd, Victor Gaberman, Michele McMahon

RCFP Steering Committee

Scott Applewhite, The Associated Press

Wolf Blitzer, CNN

David Boardman, Seattle Times

Chip Bok, Creators Syndicate

Erika Bolstad, McClatchy Newspapers

Jess Bravin, The Wall Street Journal

Michael Duffy, Time

Richard S. Dunham, Hearst Newspapers

Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Media

Fred Graham, InSession

John C. Henry, Freelance

Nat Hentoff, Universal Uclick

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Tony Mauro, National Law Journal

Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News

Maggie Mulvihill, New England Center for Investigative Reporting

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

Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Alicia Shepard, Freelance

Paul Steiger, ProPublica

Pierre Thomas, ABC News

Saundra Torry, USA Today

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.

© 2011 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom
of the Press. Published four times a year.

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ISSN: 0149-0737
 

The News Media and The Law, Fall 2011

Fall 2011
Vol. 35, No. 4

Questionable Characters

Applying media law 140 characters at a time.

 Editorial

 EDITORIAL

A scary Halloween

 Newsgathering

 COVER

With 140 characters at a time, Twitter is presenting new challenges to journalists

 SIDEBAR

More reporters tweeting from courtroom

 SIDEBAR

Are tweets fact or opinion?

 Confidentiality/Privilege

 FEATURE

Proposed federal shield law resurfaces again

 Content Regulation

 FEATURE

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of broadcast indecency rules in FCC v. Fox

 FEATURE

Proposed bill calls for stiffer punishments for violating copyright law via internet streaming

 SIDEBAR

Streaming and licensing versus the First Amendment

 Freedom of Information

 FEATURE

Federal government enters the era of the “cloud”

 SIDEBAR

What is the “cloud”?

 FEATURE

Academic freedom and the public’s right to know

 SIDEBAR

Recent open records requests for email

 Libel

 FEATURE

SPEECH Act celebrates one year anniversary, as its influence spreads overseas

 FEATURE

Truth doesn’t protect Minnesota blogger from defamation suit; judge upholds Johnny Northside verdict

 Newsgathering

 FEATURE

Reporters harmed by warrantless wiretapping, entitled to challenge the law

 FEATURE

Reform comes slowly to Guantanamo Bay

 Secret Courts

 FEATURE

Uncivil Secrecy

  

 

Asked & Answered

 

“Open & Shut”

 

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