The News Media and The Law, Summer 2001

Editorial

 

Katharine Graham

 

 

Her dedication to the First Amendment was unsurpassed

Cover Story

 

Katharine Graham receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Libel

 

Public concern outweighs privacy

 

Present from justices may signal end of party

 

Two other cases feel immediate effect of Bartnicki

 

A cautionary tale for newsrooms

 

Defeated candidate wins speech case against incumbent

 

CNN settles case with ranchers

 

Court rejects absolute fair report privilege

 

Antiquated libel statute declared unconstitutional

 

Intellectual property or art? Judges called to decide

 

'60 Minutes' must answer to revived invasion of privacy claim for segment on domestic violence

 

Appeals court affirms right to anonymity online

 

 

From the Hotline

Reporter's Privilege

 

Author jailed for refusing to turn over notes

 

Outrage claim against newspaper cannot stand

 

Reporter gets caught up in 'Survivor' litigation with CBS

Content Regulation

 

Justices tell publishers to pay up

 

'Wind Done Gone' author seeks right to parody classic

 

Broadcasters improvise to cover young Bush hearing

 

Digital copyright law hacks away at First Amendment rights

 

Competition to find flaws in encryption code prompts lawsuit for clarification on liability

 

Breakthroughs for cameras in courtrooms in last two states

Freedom of Information

 

Date with disclosure

 

Widow's testimony wins over judge on Earnhardt photos

 

Attorney destroys madam's 'black book' despite request

 

Giving away the store

 

Elected prosecutor not a 'public body' under records law

 

Klamath confluence

 

Ad hoc or not, panel of city employees is a public body

 

Police misconduct files held off limits to civil litigant; release would violate officer's privacy

 

Courts will take new look at expedited review decisions

Secret Courts

 

No chance to object

 

Trying to shed light on cases, judges get slapped for speaking to media

 

Newspaper's quest for juvenile records changes state access law

 

Prompted by Firestone scandal, bill would require disclosure of many settlement agreements, some discovery material

Newsgathering

 

Reporters on superhighway meet roadblocks

 

Online sports journalists strike out

 

Politicians, police and a principal torment reporters

 

 

State-by-State Legislative Update

 

Open & Shut