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The News Media and The Law, Summer 2008

 

Publisher Lucy A. Dalglish

Editor Gregg P. Leslie

Managing Editor Kathleen Cullinan

Contributors Scott Albright, Miranda Fleschert, Stacey Laskin, Matthew Pollack, Virgie Townsend

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

Walter Cronkite, CBS News

Richard S. Dunham, Houston Chronicle

Ashlea Ebeling, Forbes Magazine

Steve Geimann, Bloomberg News

Fred Graham, Court TV

John C. Henry, The Associated Press

Nat Hentoff, The Village Voice

Stephen Labaton, The New York Times

Neil Lewis, The New York Times

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate

Tony Mauro, Legal Times

Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times

Eunice Moscoso, Cox Newspapers

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 2008

Summer 2008
Vol. 32, No. 3

Secret Pleas:

 

Editorial

 

Time is running out on a shield bill

Secret Courts

 

Secret Plea Agreements

 

Shrouded in the jury box

 

Keeping the federal courts open

 

 

Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, steering committee member, dies

Reporter's Privilege

 

Shield law down, but not out

 

The Waiting Game

Newsgathering

 

Reporters beware at upcoming conventions

 

Airport searches of computers concern reporters

Freedom of Information

 

Flying to the Highest Court

 

FOIA reforms still leave some holding the tab

 

An Opportunity Lost

 

Consistently Inconsistent

 

 

From the Hotline

Prior Restraints

 

Protective orders in pretrial discovery phase keep journalists unplugged

 

Hiding the dirty laundry

Libel

 

Absence of malice?

 

 

Pulitzer Power

 

Open & Shut

 

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