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The News Media and The Law, Summer 2007

 

Publisher Lucy A. Dalglish

Editor Gregg P. Leslie

Managing Editor Rani Gupta

Senior Editor Loren A. Cochran

Contributors Jaci Boydston, Nicholas Coates, Sean Hill, Elizabeth Soja, Nathan Winegar

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, Business Week

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, American Laywer Media

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, Summer 2007

Summer 2007
Vol. 31, No. 3

Identity Crisis:

Editorial

 

Cheney and secrecy

Privacy

 

The privacy crackdown

Freedom of Information

 

Restricting access around the country

Privacy

 

Misguided fears?

 

How prevalent is identity theft?

Freedom of Information

 

A tale of two countries

Reporter's Privilege

 

A new corporate threat

 

Q&A on the Free Flow of Information Act

 

Reigniting the debate

 

What the shield bill says

Prior Restraints

 

Blacking out the blotter

 

A controversial proposal

 

Out of sight, out of mind?

 

Open to those in the know

 

Glossary of military justice

Freedom of Information

 

Shrouding a shooter's past

 

Messages or meetings?

 

Against the odds

Libel

 

The other side of the bench

 

Thomas' turbulent trial

 

Murphy's law

 

Lurking in the shadows

 

When libel goes online

Newsgathering

 

Photos unavailable

 

 

From the Hotline

 

Open & Shut

 

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