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Law & Media speaker series: Brian Stelter, reporter at the New York Times

Nicholas Bramble — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:07:45 +0000

As part of our Law & Media speaker series, Brian Stelter, reporter at the New York Times, will be coming up to the Yale ISP on Thursday December 8 from 12-1:30. You can read Brian’s articles on television, film, technology, and occupations at http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/s/brian_stelter/index.html, and at http://twitter.com/brianstelter.

On Thursday, Brian will lead an informal conversation addressing the the work he’s done with newser.com and the Times, the extent to which Twitter and other new media strategies are consistent with the Times’ broader journalistic goals, some of the issues he’s run across in integrating distributed reporting or data into articles, and strategies for communicating with online audiences. We’ll talk about the potential dual roles of journalists in systematically reporting on problems and helping to organize legal and political responses to those problems. And there will be lunch.

If you’re interested in taking part in this conversation, RSVP to Heather Branch (heather.branch@yale.edu). We’ll be meeting at 40 Ashmun Street in room A436. Hope to see you there!

Law & Media Speaker Series: Alexis Madrigal, Nov 10 at noon

Nicholas Bramble — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:19:54 +0000

As part of our new Law & Media speaker series, Alexis Madrigal, senior editor at the Atlantic, will be coming up to the ISP on Thursday November 10 from 12:30-2:00. You can read Alexis’s posts and articles on technology, innovation, and changing journalism models at http://www.theatlantic.com/alexis-madrigal. On Thursday, Alexis will lead an informal conversation addressing the shifting lines between journalism and advocacy. We’ll talk about the potential dual roles of journalists in systematically reporting on problems and helping to organize legal and political responses to those problems. And there will be lunch.

If you’re interested in taking part in this conversation, RSVP to Heather Branch (heather.branch@yale.edu). We’ll be meeting at 40 Ashmun Street in room A436.

ISP Alumnus Patrick Kabat hosts ISP Student Fellow at Free Speech Conference

Margot — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:34:26 +0000

On Monday October 10^th ISP Student Fellow Jane Rosen attended a one-day conference on free speech hosted by the Cleveland City Club to celebrate its 100^th anniversary.

The conference brought together leaders in journalism, law, government and the music industry to explore the future of free speech. ISP Alumnus Patrick Kabat moderated a panel about free speech on the internet, featuring Geoffrey Robertson, Julian Assange’s barrister; Google’s policy chief Alan Davidson; David McCraw, the assistant general counsel of the New York Times; and the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s legal director Cindy Cohn. The panel explored the challenges for new and old media in newsgathering and news dissemination, government secrecy and censorship, and the role of internet intermediaries.

Other highlights of the day included keynotes by CBS News Chairman Jeff Fager and Fox News’ Juan Williams; a live broadcast of the BBC’s World Have Your Say from the conference site, featuring participation by attendees in the audience. International law expert Professor Michael P. Scharf moderated a panel about the nature of free speech amidst the global events of the age of terrorism with U.S. Attorney Steve Dettelbach, the ACLU’s Jameel Jaffer, and human rights advocate Scott Horton. The NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill moderated a panel including election officials, lawyers, and leading commentators about free speech in the discussion of public affairs. The day was capped off by a panel discussing free speech in the music industry featuring the American hip hop artist, author, and social activist Chuck D.

More information about the conference can be found here.