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News Media Update is the monthly podcast of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, and covers recent developments and trends in media law that affect journalists, including issues like libel, invasion of privacy, freedom of information, reporter's privilege (keeping sources and information confidential), access to courts, newsgathering rights, and prior restraints.
News Media Update: February 2008 (16:14) Topics include: the fight against a prior restraint against the wikileaks.org site; journalist Toni Locy is held in contempt in the Steven Hatfill civil case; and records in a suit against the Detroit mayor are ordered disclosed. News Media Update: January 2008 (16:24) Topics include: Access to court records in 9/11-related airline litigation; new Nevada rules on civil case access; Utah adopts reporter's shield; reporters face contempt in Hatfill litigation; FOIA reform implementation generates controversy. Previous editions: News Media Update: #13-24 (December 17, 2007) (15:35) Topics: FOIA reform in Congress; shield law updates in Utah and Washington; confidential settlements in North Dakota; punishing a reporter for contempt in Utah; Minnesota police confiscate reporter's cell phone records; reporter arrested in Arkansas. News Media Update: #13-23 (December 3, 2007) (20:45) Topics: Florida's FOIA Bill of Rights; AP journalist in Iraq to be tried; Access to attorney disciplinary records in Montana; sealing court documents in North Dakota to promote settlements; launch of the Sunshine Campaign. News Media Update: #13-21 (October 29, 2007) (15:22) Topics: U.S. House passes shield bill; California governor vetoes open government reforms; Utah reporter ordered to produce program for interviewing juror; charges against two Arizona news executives were dropped after a brief jail stay. News Media Update: #13-20 (October 15, 2007) (13:39) Topics: access to Utah mine safety hearings; court overturns prior restraint against airing consultant's records; Steven Hatfill asks for contempt citation against reporters; conviction overturned for lack of public access to D.C. trial; federal judge trims Executive Order on presidential records. News Media Update: #13-19 (October 1, 2007) (18:59) Topics: FCC fines Comcast over video new release; Arkansas court grants access to tax advice letters; Third Circuit finds web site not liable for postings; interview with Lucy Dalglish on Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey. News Media Update: #13-18 (September 17, 2007) (17:34) Topics: Vermont high court rejects reporter's privilege; federal judge to empanel anonymous jury; Ninth Circuit allows CIA to keep Johnson-era memos confidential; Peter Scheer talks about access to public personnel records in California. News Media Update: #13-17 (August 20, 2007) (19:49) Topics: Reporters ordered to testify about Hatfill source; an ABA proposal to seal many criminal records gets withdrawn; an Arkansas court considers access to officials' email messages; media attorney Kevin Goldberg talks about FOI Act amendments that have passed the Senate. News Media Update: #13-16 (August 6, 2007) (19:48) Topics: House Judiciary Committee sends federal shield bill to House floor; the Tenth Circuit rejects a privacy lawsuit over revealing the identities of undercover police officers; a controversy in Georgia over release of trial evidence considered to be child pornography; and an interview with attorney Chuck Tobin about an ABA proposal to restrict access to arrest information. News Media Update: #13-15 (July 23, 2007) (18:59) Topics: Massachusetts judge faces ethics charges over libel suit; Missouri law allows execution staff to sue if identities revealed; ACLU suit over warrantless surveillance dismissed; interview with Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News (Federation of American Scientists). News Media Update: #13-14 (July 9, 2007) (20:21) Topics: More of Miller/Cooper decision unredacted; Eleventh Circuit on release of disaster relief records; Pennsylvania high court allows access to audiotapes in pretrial hearing; Interview with Mark Goodman on "Bong Hits for Jesus" case. News Media Update: #13-13 (June 25, 2007) (19:02) Topics: House holds hearing on federal shield; New Jersey court finds privilege can be waived; Latrell Sprewell's libel suit is dismissed; Interview with Bruce Brown on a newspaper's civil rights case against Illinois judges. News Media Update: #13-12 (June 11, 2007) (17:52) Topics: Court overrules FCC on obscenities; Journalists arrested for trespass; Ohio adopts "false light" invasion of privacy tort; Interview with Rick Blum on open government efforts in Congress. News Media Update: #13-11 (May 28, 2007) (22:37) Topics: Utah's judicial proceedings libel privilege; Access to Wisconsin teacher's computer pornography; Fifth Circuit privacy decision in extortion case; FOI request for records of Scalia incident; Interview with Barry Smith on sealed cases in Nevada. News Media Update: #13-10 (May 14, 2007) (15:30) Topics: New shield bills in Congress; Washington campaign finance laws; California restraints on future speech; Massachusetts judge's libel judgment; Montana student disciplinary records. News Media Update: #13-09 (April 30, 2007) (23:37) Topics: Washington state's new shield law; Florida photographer arrested; 10th Circuit criminal libel decision; Ohio gag order; Arizona Supreme Court on email access; Interview with Jay Ward Brown on AIPAC espionage case. News Media Update: #13-08 (April 16, 2007) (17:36) Topics: Virginia gun permit access; Florida secret docket ruling; Columbine depositions; Illinois Chief Justice's libel claim; interview with Lucy Dalglish on Josh Wolf News Media Update: Introduction (1:14) Background on the Reporters Committee and News Media Update |