Curriculum Vitae
JANE ELIZABETH KIRTLEY
School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Minnesota
Phone: 612 625 9038 111 Murphy Hall
Fax: 612 626 8012 206 Church Street SE E-mail: kirtl001”tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT
Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota (1999-present) Endowed chair, appointed with rank of full professor, with tenure. Nine-month appointment, with 1/9 summer support. Position includes a full teaching load during the academic year, advising undergraduates and graduate students, and serving on departmental committees.
Director, Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, University of Minnesota (2000-present) Oversee the work of an endowed academic research center. Duties include selecting and supervising two Silha Fellows (SJMC graduate and University of Minnesota law students) and two or more research assistants; directing law and ethics research projects; producing three issues annually of the Silha Bulletin, a research newsletter; and coordinating the annual endowed Silha Lecture and Spring Silha Forums.
Affiliated faculty member, University of Minnesota Law School (2001-present)
1 Columnist
Nieman Watchdog (2006-present) “First Amendment Watch” (formerly "The Press & the Law”), American Journalism Review (10 columns annually, 1995-2006)
VISITORSHIPS
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, Spring 2004. Taught Mass Communication Law and Information Privacy Law, engaged in research, and delivered a lecture open to the greater Boston community.
Seventy-Fifth Cleveland Marshall Fund Visiting Scholar, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, October 16-17, 2002. Delivered the Seventy-Fifth Cleveland Marshall Fund Visiting Scholar Lecture; taught classes in Constitutional Law, Mass Communications, and the First Amendment; spoke at two meetings of Cleveland attorneys and media representatives, and for Cleveland State University faculty; and presented ongoing research on privacy and freedom of information at a law school faculty jurisprudence seminar.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Executive Director, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C. and Arlington, Virginia, 1985-1999. Administered and supervised all legal defense and research activities of not-for-profit association providing free assistance to journalists. Had primary responsibility for all association fund-raising, including preparation of grant proposals. Editor of quarterly magazine, The News Media & The Law, and originator/editor of the Committee's First Amendment Handbook, national subpoena survey, Agents of Discovery, and numerous reporter’s legal handbooks and guides, all of which are still in publication and regularly updated by current staff. Served as spokesperson for Reporters Committee, helping to raise the profile and increase the credibility of the organization. Became a recognized advocate, analyst and media source on freedom of the press and Freedom of Information issues.
Legal Defense Coordinator, The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1984-1985. Supervised all phases of association's legal defense efforts; directed student internship program.
Adjunct faculty, American University School of Communications, Washington, D.C., 1988-1998. Taught "Legal Aspects of Communication" in professional master’s program, ten semesters.
Instructor, University of Maryland University College, College Park, Maryland, 1987-1988. Taught "Law of Mass Communication" in undergraduate program, three semesters.
2 Attorney, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester, New York, and Washington, D.C., 1979-1984. General practice, including representation of media clients.
Bi-monthly columnist, The New England Press Association Bulletin, Virginia's Press, West Virginia's Press, Tennessee Press, Pressing Issues (Utah Press Association) (1987-1999).
Reporter: Special Writer, Nashville (Tennessee) Banner, 1977; Washington Correspondent, Oak Ridger (Tennessee), 1975; Reporting Internship, Evansville (Indiana) Press, 1974.
EDUCATION
Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, J.D. May 1979. Executive Articles Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1978-1979.
College of William and Mary, Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Summer Program, University of Exeter, England, 1976.
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, Illinois, M.S.J. March 1976; B.S.J. March 1975. Mortar Board; Dean's List; President, Women in Communications, Inc. Campus Chapter, 1974-1975; contributor, By-Line (journalism school magazine).
North Central High School, Indianapolis, Indiana. Graduated June 1971. Class rank: 11/1193
PUBLICATIONS
Book
Media Law [Handbook Series], Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State, 2010.
Scholarly Chapters/Articles/Comments/Testimony, First Amendment/Media Law/Freedom of Information
“Privacy Protection and Related Developments in Internet Law,” Communications Law in the Digital Age, Practising Law Institute, 2011 (book chapter).
“Imperiled Newspapers, WikiLeaks, and Access to Information,” Library and Book Trade Almanac (formerly The Bowker Annual), Information Today, Inc., 2011 (book chapter).
“Privacy Protection, Safety and Security,” Communications Law in the Digital Age, Practising Law Institute, 2010 (book chapter).
3 “Mask, Shield and Sword: Should the Journalist’s Privilege Protect the Identity of Anonymous Posters to News Media Websites?” Minnesota Law Review, vol. 94, no. 5, May 2010 (article).
“Access Denied: Navigating the Legal Challenges to Newsgathering,” March 30, 2010 (DVD).
“Privacy Protection, Safety and Security,” Communications Law in the Digital Age, Practising Law Institute, 2009 (book chapter).
“The Challenges for a Free Press in the Twenty-First Century,” The Edge of Change: Women in the Twenty-First Century Press, University of Illinois Press, 2009 (book chapter).
“First Amendment,” “Free Press and Fair Trial,” “Gag Orders,” Encyclopedia of Journalism, Sage 2009 (encyclopedia articles).
“Neutral Reportage Privilege,” “Rosenbloom v. Metromedia, Inc.,” “St. Amant v. Thompson,” “Smith v. Daily Mail Publishing Co.,” Encyclopedia of the First Amendment, CQ Press, 2009 (encyclopedia articles).
“Web v. Journalism: Court Cases Challenge Long-Held Principles,” Nieman Reports, Winter 2008.
“Reporters Privilege in the 21st Century,” Delaware Lawyer, Winter 2007/2008.
“Shield laws face challenges, hostility,” Media Law Notes, vol. 36, no. 2, Winter 2008.
“Will the Demise of the Reporter’s Privilege Mean the End of Investigative Reporting, and Should Judges Care if it Does?,” Ohio Northern University Law Review, vol. 32, no. 3, 2006
“Access to Government Operations Information,” “Journalism and Sources,” Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties, Routledge, 2006 (encyclopedia articles).
“Transparency and Accountability in a Time of Terror: The Bush Administration’s Assault on Freedom of Information,” Communications Law & Policy, vol. 11, no. 4, Autumn 2006.
Testimony, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, (regarding unauthorized disclosure of classified information), submitted May 24, 2006 for hearing in Washington, D.C. on May 26, 2006.
Comments, “Proposed Local Rules of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island,” (on proposed “gag rule” on court officials, and on media note-taking in courtrooms), August 1, 2005.
“Legal Evolution of the Government-News Media Relationship,” Institutions of American Democracy: The Press, Oxford University Press, 2005 (book chapter).
4 “The First Amendment Tradition and Its Critics,” (with Bruce Sanford), Institutions of American Democracy: The Press, Oxford University Press, 2005 (book chapter).
“Privacy vs. Public Right to Know,” Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, vol. 3, Academic Press/Elsevier Science, 2003 (encyclopedia article).
Comments, “Proposed Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch,” September 2, 2004.
Comments, “In re: Interim Final Rule Request for Comment on Protection of Sensitive Security Information,” July 15, 2004.
Comments, “Preliminary Recommendations of the Minnesota Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Public Access to Records of the Judicial Branch,” February 4, 2004.
“What’s in a Name? Privacy, Property Rights, and Free Expression in the New Communications Media,” Journalism and the Debate Over Privacy, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., 2003 (book chapter)
“Bloggers and Their First Amendment Protection,” Nieman Reports, Fall 2003.
Comments, “Proposed Amendment to Local Rule 5.03 in the U.S. District Court for South Carolina” (on public access to settlements), September 24, 2002.
“’The Lonely Pamphleteer’ Redux,” American Bar Association Torts and Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Committee News, Summer 2002.
Comments, “Draft Model Policy on Public Access to Court Records,” National Center for State Courts, April 15, 2002.
“The USA PATRIOT Act: Louis Freeh Gets His Wish,” Libel Defense Resource Center’s Libel Letter, December 2001.
“Keeping the Government Out of the Newsroom: A First Amendment Imperative?” Human Rights, vol. 28, no. 4, Fall 2001.
“Enough is Enough: Journalists Should Draw a Line in the Sand to Limit the Military’s Attempts at Absolute Secrecy,” Media Studies Journal, Summer 2001.
Comments, “Privacy and Public Access to Electronic Case Files,” submitted to the Judicial Conference of the United States, Privacy and Electronic Access to Case Files Subcommittee, Court Administration and Case Management Committee, January 26, 2001.
5 “Much Ado About Nothing? Preparing to Face Videocameras in the Courtroom,” Litigation, ABA Section of Litigation, Spring 2000.
“Is it a Crime? An Overview of Recent Legal Actions Stemming from Investigative Reports," The Big Chill: Corporate Media and Investigative Reporting, Iowa State University Press, 2000 (book chapter).
"Lights, Camera, Courtroom? Should Trials Be Televised? Yes!", Famous Trials: Update on Law-Related Education, ABA Division for Public Education, Winter 1999.
"No Place for Secrecy," Dispute Resolution Magazine, Winter 1998.
"The Vanishing Reporter's Privilege: What's Gone, What's Left," Libel & Newsgathering Litigation: Getting & Reporting the News, Practising Law Institute, June-July 1998 (detailed outline for course handbook).
"Freedom of the Press: An Inalienable Right or a Privilege to be Earned?" University of Florida Journal of Law and Public Policy, vol. 9, no. 2, Spring 1998.
"Lessons from the Timothy McVeigh Trial I," Media Studies Journal, Winter 1998.
"The Atlanta Bombshell that Nobody Noticed: Recognition of a Right of Access to Search Warrant Affidavits in the Wake of the Richard Jewell Investigation," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, 1997.
"Access to the Judicial Branch," Federal Information Policies in the 1990s: Views and Perspectives, Ablex Publishing Corp., 1996 (book chapter).
"Vanity and Vexation: Shifting the Focus to Media Conduct," William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal, vol. 4, no. 3, 1996.
"Freedom of Information Act -- How Is It Working?" Communications Lawyer, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall 1996.
“’A Leap Not Supported by History’: The Continuing Story of Cameras in the Federal Courts," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 4, 1995.
"Comments on the Draft Privacy and Security Principles for NII Mega Project III," (co-author), Government Information Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 3, 1995.
“Using freedom of information with less pain – an outsider’s view,” Government Communications, Jan.-Feb. 1995.
"Puncturing a Trial Balloon," Communications Lawyer, vol. 11, no. 4, Winter 1994.
6 "When the Dancing Stopped: Court-Sanctioned Scrutiny of Newsroom Practices After New York Times v. Sullivan," Freedom of Expression and the Media: Testing the Limits, Canadian Bar Association-Ontario, Continuing Legal Education, 1994.
"Justice in the Dark: Closing the Door on Criminal Proceedings," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 1, 1993.
"The Eye of the Sandstorm: The Erosion of First Amendment Principles in Wartime," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 9, no. 4, 1992.
"Subpoenas: The News Media Under Siege," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 8, no. 4, 1991.
"A Reflection on the News Media, Personal Privacy, and the First Amendment," Valparaiso University Law Review, vol. 26, no. 1, Fall 1991.
"Shield Laws and Reporter's Privilege: A National Assessment," The Media and Criminal Justice Policy, Charles C. Thomas, 1990.
"From File Drawer to Floppy Disk: FOIA Implications of Electronic Data Collection Raised in Two Recent Supreme Court Cases," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 4, 1989.
"Shield Laws and Reporters' Privilege: A National Assessment," Journal of Media Law and Practice, vol. 10, no. 3, Sept. 1989.
"Sealing Criminal History Records: Shall We Let the Fox Guard the Henhouse in the Name of Privacy?", Government Information Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 1, 1989.
"Openness in Government," Winning America, Institute for Policy Studies, 1988 (book chapter).
"Discovery in Libel Cases Involving Confidential Sources and Information," Dickinson Law Review, vol. 90, no. 3, Spring 1986.
Scholarly Chapters/Articles/Essays – Media Ethics
“The Right to be Wrong: Law and Ethics,” Journalism Ethics: A Casebook of Professional Conduct for News Media, Marion Street Press, 2011 (book chapter).
“Not Just Sloppy Journalism, but a Profound Ethical Failure: Media Coverage of the Duke Lacrosse Case,” Institutional Failures: Duke Lacrosse, Universities, the News Media, and the Legal System, Ashgate, 2011 (book chapter).
“Lights, camera, ethics! Using film to teach media ethics,” Ethical News (newsletter of the AEJMC Media Ethics Division), vol. 13, no. 4, Summer 2010 (article).
7 “The Future of Ethics and the Law,” An Ethics Trajectory: Visions of Media Past Present and Yet to Come, Institute of Communications Research/University of Illinois, 2008 (book chapter).
“Objecting to ‘Parasites,” Whatever Their Price,” Journal of Mass Media Ethics, vol. 23, no. 2, April-June 2008.
“I Can Tell You’re a Real Liberal, but You Seem Like a Nice Person, Anyway,” Journalism Studies, vol. 8, no. 1, February 2007.
“Hidden Justice: The Ethics of Secret Settlements,” Libel Defense Resource Center’s Media Law Letter, November 2002.
“Ethics and the Newsgathering Process,” Newsgathering & Libel Litigation” Litigating Newsgathering Claims, Practising Law Institute, June-July 2000 (detailed outline for course handbook).
"Backbone on the Internet?" Media Ethics, vol. 8, no. 1, Fall 1996.
"The Unabomber: End of an Era of Independence," Journal of Mass Media Ethics, vol. 10, no. 4, 1995.
Scholarly Chapters/Articles/Essays/Comments – International Media Law and Ethics
“Criminal Defamation: An ‘Instrument of Destruction,’” Ending the Chilling Effect: Working to Repeal Criminal Libel and Insult Laws, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, 2004.
Comments, “Draft Recommendation on the right of reply in the on-line media,” submitted to the Council of Europe, April 30, 2003.
“Privacy and the Press in the Millennium: How International Standards are Driving the Privacy Debate in the United States and Abroad,” University of Arkansas Little Rock Law Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Fall 2000.
"Obtaining Information Under FOI Laws," Concept Paper on Freedom of Information, ABA Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI), 2000 (outline section).
“Louis Brandeis Has a Lot to Answer for: Restricting News Coverage in the Name of Protecting Privacy,” New Code Words for Censorship, World Press Freedom Committee, 2000 (book chapter).
“What a Free Press Means to Me,” Voices of Freedom 2000:What a Free Press Means to Me, World Press Freedom Committee, May 2000 (short essay).
8 “Privacy and the News Media - A Question of Trust, or of Control?”, Conference Proceedings: Privacy of Personal Data, Information Technology & Global Business in the Next Millennium, 21st International Conference on Privacy and Personal Data Protection, Hong Kong, September 14, 1999.
"Aladdin's Cave of Information," FOI Reports, Making Freedom of Information Work Project, Dublin, Ireland, Summer 1999.
"Is Implementing the EU Data Protection Directive in the United States Irreconcilable with the First Amendment?" Government Information Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, 1999. "Does FOI US-style give sunshine government," British Editor, December 1997.
"World Intellectual Property Organization Basic Proposal for the Substantive Provisions of the Treaty on Intellectual Property in Respect of Databases," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 14, no. 2, 1997 (co-author).
"Guaranteeing the Rights of Journalists to Gather News and to Protect Confidential Sources and Information: Considerations for Emerging Democracies," Concept Paper on Media Law, ABA Central and East European Law Initiative (CEELI), Nov. 20, 1996 (outline section).
“Analysis of Media Provisions in Beijing Platform for Action," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 2, 1996.
“United Nations Threat to Media Freedom,” Nieman Reports, vol. L, No. 2, Summer 1996.
"The EU Data Protection Directive and the First Amendment: Why a ‘Press Exemption’ Won't Work," Iowa Law Review, vol. 80, no. 3, 1995.
"The Law Lords Take a Detour: Chapter Two of the Spycatcher Saga," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 7, no. 1, 1990.
"A Walk Down a Dangerous Road: British Press Censorship and the Spycatcher Debacle," Government Information Quarterly, vol. 5, no. 2, 1988.
Prepared comments for American Bar Association’s CEELI analyses of proposed media laws for Croatia (1996), Armenia (1997), Republic of Georgia (1998, 1999 and 2002), Kazakhstan (1999), Czech Republic (1999), Slovakia (2000), Algeria (2002).
Book Reviews
“Justices and Journalists: The U.S. Supreme Court and the Media,” reviewed in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 88, issue 4, Winter 2011.
9 “Journalists in Film: Heroes and Villains,” reviewed in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 88, issue 3, Autumn 2011.
“The Great War on the Small Screen: Representing the First World War in Contemporary Britain,” reviewed in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 88, issue 1, Spring 2011.
“Virtual Freedom: Net Neutrality and Free Speech in the Internet Age,” reviewed in Jurimetrics, vol. 50, Summer 2010.
“Anatomy of a Trial: Public Loss, Lessons Learned from The People vs. O.J. Simpson,” reviewed in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 86, issue 2, Summer 2009.
“25 Years of Media Ethics in One Easy Lesson” (review of The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics), reviewed in Journal of Mass Media Ethics, vol. 24, number 1, January-March 2009.
“Founding Father: How C-SPAN’s Brian Lamb Changed Politics in America,” Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 85, issue 4, Winter 2008.
“Hong Kong Media Law: A Guide for Journalists and Media Professionals,” reviewed in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, vol. 85, issue 1, Spring 2008.
“Free Press vs. Fair Trials: Examining Publicity’s Role in Trial Outcomes” and “How Free Can the Press Be?” in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, vol. 60, issue 1, Spring 2005.
Selected Amicus Briefs
(Author, co-author and/or counsel of record, numerous friend-of-the-court briefs in various federal and state courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States, for the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1985-present.)
In re Subpoena to Ricciardi, et al., Manitowoc County (Wisconsin) Circuit Court, No. 05 CF 381 (2007) (author).
Mink v. Suthers, et. al., 482 F.3d 1244 (10th Cir. 2007) (co-author).
National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) (author/counsel of record.)
DVD Copy Control Association, Inc. v. Bunner, 31 Cal. 4th 864 (2003) (co-author).
Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Corley, 273 F.3d 429 (2d Cir. 2002) (co-author).
10 United States v. Matthews, 209 F.3d 338 (4th Cir. 2000) (author/counsel of record).
The Putnam Pit, Inc. v. City of Cookeville, 221 F.3d 834 (6th Cir. 2000) (author/counsel of record).
Los Angeles Police Dep’t v. United Reporting Publishing, 528 U.S. 32 (U.S. 1999) (author/counsel of record).
U.S. v. Cleveland (In re: The Times-Picayune Publishing Corp., et al.), 128 F.3d 267 (5th Cir. 1997) (author/counsel of record).
Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, Inc. v. Clinton, 997 F.2d 898 (D.C. Cir. 1993) (author/counsel of record)
Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46 (1988) (author/counsel of record).
Tennessee v. Curriden, 738 S.W.2d 192 (Tenn. 1987) (author/counsel of record)
Selected Articles – News/Features/Essays
“Security and Privacy in ‘The Year of the Hack,’ Silha Bulletin, vol. 16, no. 3 (Summer 2011).
“Outrageous Speech, ‘Trash Torts,’ and the First Amendment,” Silha Bulletin, vol. 16, no. 2 (Winter/Spring 2011).
“The WikiLeaks Quandary, and a Welcome,” Silha Bulletin, vol. 16, no. 1 (Fall 2011).
“Should news organizations protect the identity of anonymous commenters?” Communiqué (Association for Women in Communications), March/April 2010.
“It’s time to make Minnesota’s open government laws stronger and clearer,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 5, 2009.
“Obama’s ‘New Era of Openness,” Communiqué (Association for Women in Communications), March/April 2009.
“Respect: That’s What Open Government is All About,” Sunshine Week 2009, (appeared in more than two dozen newspapers nationwide).March 16, 2009.
“More people are knocking on the door. Let them in.” St. Paul Pioneer Press, March 15, 2009.
“Cheers greet Obama’s declaration of ‘a new era of openness’; the trick will be keeping his promises, MinnPost.com, January 26, 2009.
11 “Letter to Snowbirds,” Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, “Sunshine Sunday,” March 16, 2008.
“The Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Outlook for FOI,” Sunshine Week 2008, March 14, 2008.
“News councils seen as one more way to undermine press credibility,” Nieman Watchdog, October 16, 2006.
“Judges and Journalists,” Baltimore Sun, July 5, 2005.
“Sept. 11: Your rights and the nation’s security,” It’s Your Right to Know, Access/RI, 2002.
“Fighting Back Against Information Shutdown, at Home and Abroad,” The Poynter Institute’s Poynter.org, Sept. 28, 2001 (http://www.poynter.org/Terrorism/kirtley.htm).
“It’s the Process, Stupid: Newgathering is the Target,” Columbia Journalism Review, Sept./Oct. 2000.
Op-ed on privacy appeared under various headlines in more than a dozen newspapers nationwide, including the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Portland Oregonian, Birmingham (Alabama) Post-Herald, Dayton (Ohio) Daily News, Sandusky (Ohio) Register, and Atlantic City Press, June 2000.
Free-lance pieces appeared in USA Today, The Miami Herald, The Orlando Sentinel, Scripps Howard News Service, The National Law Journal, Quill, The IRE Journal, The Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, RTNDA Communicator, Presstime, Editor & Publisher, The Correspondent, Access Reports and The Minnesota Daily.
Author of 65 editorials for The News Media & The Law (1985-1999).
SPEAKING APPEARANCES
More than 900 speaking appearances before groups including American Bar Association; International Bar Association; World Editors Forum; Law Society of Upper Canada; Canadian Bar Association; Federation Professionnelle des Journalistes du Quebec; Radio-Television News Directors Association; AP Managing Editors; American Society of Magazine Editors; Newsletter Publishers Association; Society of Professional Journalists; National Association of Hispanic Journalists: Investigative Reporters and Editors; Federal Communications Bar Association; Libel Defense Resource Center; Library of Congress; Women in Communications, Inc.; Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy; Freedom Forum; Annenberg Washington Program; Scripps Howard Foundation; National FOI Coalition; Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas; Mid-America Press Institute; Association of Alternative
12 Newsweeklies; Suburban Newspapers of America; New England Newspaper Association; South Carolina, Missouri, Nevada, Vermont Press Associations; Southern Newspaper Publishers Association; National Federation of Press Women; AEJMC; College Media Advisers; American Society of Access Professionals; Freedoms Foundation; State Bars of Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Virginia; Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges; National Judicial College; National District Attorneys Association; National Association of Women Judges; National Conference of State Legislatures; Defense Intelligence College; The Cornerstone Project; many others.
Notable Lectures – United States
Lecture, “We the People: A Free Press,” 2011-12 History Forum, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, January 21, 2012.
Lecture, “The First Amendment,” Rereading the Constitution series, University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education, St. Paul, Minnesota, November 19, 2011.
Lecture, “Privacy Protection and Related Developments in Internet Law,” Communications Law in the Digital Age, Practising Law Institute, New York, New York, November 10, 2011.
Lecture, “Professional Responsibility for Media Lawyers,” Media Freedom and Information Access Practicum, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, November 9, 2011.
Lecture, “Privacy Protection, Safety and Security,” Communications Law in the Digital Age, Practising Law Institute, New York, NY, November 11, 2010.
“Ethics in Leadership,” U.S. Naval War College Strategy and Policy Fleet Seminar, Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Illinois, May 18, 2010.
“Near v. Minnesota: How Far Have We Come?” Minnesota History Center “History Lounge,” St. Paul, Minnesota, April 27, 2010.
Lecture, “Impact of Internet Based Sites Such as Facebook, MySpace and YouTube on Teacher Privacy and Related Rights in the Classroom,” American Federation of Teachers Lawyers’ Conference, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2010.
Lecture, “Retiring to ‘Tee’ and Scandal: Do Today’s Media Trivialize the News?” Minneapolis Chapter AAUW, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 12, 2010.
Lecture, “Freedom of Information: Your Key to Open Government,” James J. Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, Minnesota, March 15, 2010.
Lecture, “Privacy Protection, Safety and Security,” Communications Law in the Digital Age, Practising Law Institute, New York, November 12, 2009.
13 Keynote Address, Privacy Protection After 20 Years Under Reporters Committee, Washington College of Law, American University, Washington, D.C., April 28, 2009.
Lecture, “Media Ethics: An Oxymoron?” Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois, April 16, 2009.
Lecture, “Freedom of Information and Media Ethics,” 20th Annual Ethics Forum, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, March 27, 2009.
Lecture, “The First Amendment “ Your Library” Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference, Bloomington, Minnesota, November 20, 2008.
Keynote Address, “Taking Offense: Expression and Access Rights on Trial,” Minnesota Coalition on Intellectual Freedom, St. Paul, September 24, 2008.
Lecture, “State of the First Amendment,” First Amendment Celebration, University of Kentucky, Lexington, September 16, 2008.
Keynote Address, “The Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Outlook for FOI,” Minnesota Coalition on Government Information, FOI Day, Minneapolis, March 14, 2008.l
Lecture, “Windows on the World: A Global Perspective on FOI,” Florida FOI Summit, University of Florida, Gainesville, September 25, 2007.
Lecture, “Seduced by Secrecy: How the Public’s Right to Know Has Been Undermined in the Post 9/11 Environment,” School of Communication, University of Nebraska-Omaha, April 19, 2007.
Keynote Address, “Can a Good Journalist Be a Good Citizen?,” University of Nebraska-Omaha School of Communication 2007 High School Journalism Conference, April 19, 2007.
Lecture, “How Free is Freedom of the Press?,” University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education “Headliners” series, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 5, 2007.
Keynote Address, “My Freedom or Yours: The Collision of First Amendment Freedoms,” 8th Annual First Amendment Congress, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, November 17, 2006.
Lecture, “Patriot Act II: No Problem for Libraries Now? Think Again,” Wisconsin Library Association 2006 Annual Conference, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, November 1, 2006.
Lecture, “The War on Porn,” American Constitution Society, William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 10, 2006.
14 Keynote Address, “Will the Demise of the Reporter’s Privilege Mean the End of Investigative Reporting as We Know It?” 29th Annual Law Review Symposium, “Would You be a Source?: Reporter Privilege in the Post 9-11 World,” Ohio Northern University Law Review, Ada, Ohio, March 24, 2006.
"Shooting the Messenger, or Shooting Ourselves in the Foot,” Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, Nov. 17, 2005.
“Libraries, the First Amendment and Intellectual Freedom," Minnesota Library Association's Annual Conference, Duluth, Oct. 6, 2004.
Lecture, “The First Amendment and Libel Today,” University of Tennessee College of Law, Knoxville, Tennessee, February 27, 2004.
Keynote Address, Symposium in Celebration of the 30th Anniversary of the Texas Open Records Act, University of Texas/Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 26, 2003.
Lecturer, Second Annual Symposium on Civic Engagement, Wells College, Aurora, New York, March 3, 2003.
Lecturer, D.B. Reinhart Institute for Ethics in Leadership, AHumanities Symposium: Media,” Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin, February 6, 2003.
Lecturer, Seventy-Fifth Cleveland-Marshall Fund Lecture, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio, October 16, 2002.
Opening speech, “Fighting Back Against the Information Shutdown,” New England Associated Press/Newspaper Executives Association Fall Conference, Ogunquit, Maine, September 27, 2002.
Lecture, “New threats to access to information in the wake of 9/11,” Pennsylvania First Amendment Coalition’s 25th Anniversary, State College, Pennsylvania, May 17, 2002.
Opening address, “Secrecy and Security are not Synonymous,” Sunshine Under Attack, National Freedom of Information Coalition, Orlando, Florida, May 3, 2002.
First Amendment Forum, Keynote Address, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon, March 7, 2002.
Lecturer, “The Impact Series: Explorations of the Impact of New Information Technology on Arts, Culture, Politics and Society,” University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, February 26, 2001.
Keynote Address, “ Privacy on the Internet and the First Amendment,” Center for First Amendment Rights, University of Connecticut School of Law, October 6, 2000.
15 Lecturer, College Lecture Series, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana, October 3, 2000.
Lecturer, “The Media Perspective -- Can the Media’s Dissemination of Criminal History Record Information be Regulated? Should it Be?”, National Conference on Privacy, Technology and Criminal Justice Information, Washington, D.C., June 1, 2000.
Keynote Address, “State of Media Law,” Law and the Courts Conference, Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, College Park, Maryland, February 20, 2000.
Lecturer, Ingelhart Lecture, “Is it Any of Our Business? Privacy vs. the Press,” Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, January 19, 2000.
Keynote Address, Access 2000: The Bernard and Andre Rapoport 1999 Conference, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, Austin, Texas, Oct. 7, 1999.
Lecturer, Thomas Jefferson Center Visitor Series Lecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, September 23, 1998.
Keynote Address, Randolph W. Thrower Symposium, Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia, February 19, 1998.
Lecturer, Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, October 20, 1997.
Keynote Address, Hearst Visiting Professor/Florida Sunshine Summit, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, October 17, 1997.
Lecturer, Tenth Annual Paul Miller Journalism, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 18, 1997.
Lecturer, Women's Committee Privacy and Censorship Forum Lecture, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, October 8, 1992.
Selected panels, symposia, roundtables, task forces – United States
Moderator, “Near v. Minnesota: Prior Restraints Then and Now,” Minnesota Liberty Tree program, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 16, 2011.
Presenter, “Ethical Responsibilities and Legal Rights of New Media in a Democratic Society,” Blogging for Political and Social Change, U.S. State Department/School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 15, 2011.
Moderator and speaker, “Full Exposure: Images to Change to Future,” Minnesota Landscape Arboretum 2011 Photography Symposium, Chaska, Minnesota, June 11, 2011.
16 Member, Carnegie “Journalism Schools as News Providers” Media Law Task Force, April 2011- present
Debater, “Does the First Amendment Protect Violent Video Games?” Federalist Society at UMN/Law School Democrats, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 2, 2011.
Moderator/faculty discussion leader, “Away from Democracy and Toward a Dictatorship? Hungary’s New Media Law,” Europe in the News, European Studies Consortium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 23, 2011
Presenter, “It’s About Trust: Should Government Intervene to Compel Disclosure in Social Media?” Social Media and the Value of Truth: The Third Annual Symposium on Public Philosophy, University of North Florida, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Ethics Center, Jacksonville, Florida, October 22-23, 2011.
Member, Ad Hoc Faculty Task Force, Minnesota Supreme Court Pilot Project (cameras in trial courts), Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2009-2011.
Panelist, “Rights & Wrongs: Achieving Civil Discourse,” Center for Citizenship and Community, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 25, 2010.
Panelist, “Integrated Leadership: The Bottom Line is Prevention,” Minnesota Summit to Prevent Sexual Violence, St. Paul, Minnesota, December 4, 2009.
Panelist and presenter, “Mask, Shield and Sword: Should the Journalist’s Privilege Protect the Identity of Anonymous Posters to News Media Web Sites?” Minnesota Law Review Symposium, Cyberspace and the Law: Privacy, Property and Crime in the Virtual Frontier, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16, 2009.
Moderator, “Financial Transparency,” National Freedom of Information Coalition 2009 Summit, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 6, 2009.
Panelist, “The Future of Privacy Protection,” Privacy Protection After Twenty Years Under Reporters Committee, Washington College of Law, American University, April 28, 2009.
Moderator, “Chicago 10,” Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, October 2, 2008.
Panelist, “Understanding the Media Ecosystem,” Media Re:Public conference, USC Annenberg School of Communication, Los Angeles, March 29, 2008.
Panelist, “Applying Old-Age Laws to a New-Age Internet,” California First Amendment Coalition 12th Annual Free Speech and Open Government Assembly, USC Annenberg School of Communication, October 26, 2007.
17 “Elder” and Delegate, U.S. Media Ethics Summit II, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, February 27- March 2, 2007.
Panelist, Post-Play Discussion, “In Darfur,” Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 27-28, 2007.
Invited Participant, ASNE First Amendment Summit, Washington, D.C., January 18-19, 2007.
Moderator, “Church and State: Is There Really a Separation?,” 8th Annual First Amendment Congress, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, November 17, 2006.
Panelist, “Edith Wortman Blue Ribbon Panel: The First Amendment and You,” Association for Women in Communications Professional Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, September 16, 2006.
Panelist, “Free Press in Indian Country: Dreams and Reality,” Native American Journalists Association 22nd Annual Convention, Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 11, 2006.
Invited Participant, Aspen Institute Arab-U.S. Media Forum, Wye River Plantation, Maryland, June 7-9, 2006.
Panelist, “Ethics: New Threats, New Frontiers,” Southern Newspaper Publishers Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, December 2, 2005.
Panelist, “Freedom of Speech: Do the Same Press Rules Apply in a Changing Media Landscape?,” NABEF National Freedom of Speech Week, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2005.
Panelist, “Dealing with the Press in Multi-Party, Environmental Disputes: Challenges with Confidentiality,” American Bar Association’s Seventh Annual Conference, “The Golden State of ADR,” Los Angeles, California, April 15, 2005.
Panelist, "Exporting the First Amendment Abroad: Sullivan's Global Impact," at a conference, "New York Times v. Sullivan Forty Years After: Its Impact on Freedom of the Press in the United States and Abroad," University of Oregon in Eugene, October 8, 2004.
Panelist, "What Do E-Voting Machines Know About My Vote?" at a symposium, "E-lection 2004: Is E-voting Ready for Primetime?" sponsored by the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, October 1, 2004.
Panelist, “Let the Sunshine In,” American Bar Association Forum on Communications Law 9th Annual Conference, Boca Raton, Florida, January 23, 2004.
18 Panelist, “Terrorism: The First Amendment and Responsible Journalism, The Delicate Balance,” 109th Annual Conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 6, 2002.
Panelist, “Kids and Sex: Are Media Promoting Debate or Peddling Fear? A Conversation with Judith Levine, Author of Harmful to Minors,” National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 12, 2002.
Panelist, “The Electronic Trail: Perils of Policymakers and Private Citizens,” Summit for America, National Conference of State Legislatures, Denver, Colorado, July 26, 2002.
Panelist, “Ethics: Going to Jail for Your Journalism,” National Association of Hispanic Journalists 20th Annual Convention, San Diego, California, June 13, 2002.
Panelist, “FOI and Privacy,” Virginia Press Association/Associated Press Winter Conference, Roanoke, Virginia, March 15, 2002.
Panelist, “First Amendment Rights in the Wake of September 11, 2001,” West Group and All District Legal Education, Minneapolis, Minnesota, December 12, 2001.
Panelist, “The First Amendment and Technology,” The Cornerstone Project, Media Institute, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2001.
Invited participant, National Strategy for Enhancing State FOI Laws, Rockefeller Family Fund, Washington, D.C., March 15, 2001.
Panelist, Scripps Howard Foundation National Roundtables, Cincinnati, Ohio and Washington, D.C.,1998-2001.
Member, National Task Force on Privacy, Technology and Criminal Justice Information (Bureau of Justice Statistics and SEARCH), 1999-2000.
Invited participant, Privacy Agenda Roundtable, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, D.C., November 17, 2000.
Panelist, “State Public Records and Privacy,” National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, July 19, 2000.
Panelist, “The Media and Mediation: When ADR and the First Amendment Clash,” ADR by the Bay, the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution,” San Francisco, California, April 8-9, 2000.
Panelist, “Media Influences: What’s Public, What’s Private?”, National Symposium on Character in Politics, University of Virginia Center for Governmental Studies, Charlottesville, Virginia, April 3, 2000.
19 Panelist, “The role of the media in the development of a moral community,” The Moral Imperative: Ethics in the 21st Century, Association for Moral Education Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 18, 1999.
Panelist, “High Profile Cases,” National Association of Women Judges Conference, Miami, Florida, October 15, 1999.
Invited participant, J. Montgomery Curtis Memorial Seminars, American Press Institute, Reston, Virginia, 1992, 1997.
Notable Lectures – International
Lecture, Libel and Slander: U.S. Perspectives,” Burapa University, Bangsaen, Chonburi, Thailand, March 16, 2012.
Lecture, “Case Studies in Libel Law: U.S. and Asia,” Asia Institute, Rankanhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand, March 15, 2012.
Lecture, “Libel, Slander and Media Ethics,” Valaya Alongkorn University, Pathumthani, Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2012.
Lecture, “Libel, Slander and Social Media,” Assumption University, Suvarnbhumi campus, Bangkok, Thailand, March 14, 2012.
Lecture, “Libel, Slander and a Free Press: U.S. Perspectives,” Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 13, 2012.
Lecture, “Libel and Slander: U.S. Perspectives,” Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 13, 2012.
Lecture/Workshop, “Criminal Libel and Slander: U.S. Perspectives,” Chiang Mai Provincial Police, Chiang Mai, Thailand, March 12, 2012.
Lecture, “Media Law and Ethics,” Universiti Selangor, Shah Alam, Malaysia, October 20, 2011.
Lecture, “Media and Privacy: Ethics in Journalism,” Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 20, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Ethics: Responsibility in Journalism,” Bar Council Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 19, 2011.
Lecture, “Modern Approach to the Rights of Free Press and Privacy: Globalizing the First Amendment,” INTI International University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 19, 2011.
20 Lecture, “Media Law and Ethics,” Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia, October 17, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and Ethics,” Taylor’s University, Subang Jaya, Malaysia, October 17, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Ethics,” School of Journalism and Communication, Catholic Institute of Kabgayi, Gitarama, Rwanda, August 1, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and Democracy,” American University, Yerevan, Armenia, May 26, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and Democracy,” ABA-CEELI/Media Rights Institute “Media Law School,” Baku, Azerbaijan, May 21, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and Democracy,” ANS Media Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan, May 20, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and New Media,” Azad Fikir University, Baku, Azerbaijan, May 19, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and Democracy,” Baku Slavic University, Baku, Azerbaijan, May 18, 2011.
Lecture, “Media Law and Democracy,” Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, May 17, 2011.
Lecture, “SLAPPing Back: A Perspective on Protecting Public Debate, from the U.S.A.,” 2010 National Media Law Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 6, 2010.
Lecture, “Anonymity, Privacy and Other Perils of the Internet: A Perspective from the U.S.A.,” 2009 National Media Law Conference, Montreal, Canada, November 7, 2009.
Lecture, “Perils of the Internet: A Perspective from the U.S.A.,” 2008 National Media Law Conference, Ottawa, Canada, November 8, 2008.
Lecture, “Professional Integrity: the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility,” Freetown, Sierra Leone, June 20, 2008.
Lecture, “Journalism and Ethics,” Bo, Sierra Leone, June 18, 2008.
Lecture, “Ethics and the Law,” Makeni, Sierra Leone, June 17, 2008.
Lecture, “FOI, Privacy and the Press,” ACPO/ACPOS Data Protection and Freedom of Information conference, Glasgow, Scotland, May 16, 2007.
Lecture, “A Child’s Garden of Internet Cases,” 2007 National Media Law Conference, Montreal, Canada, November 18, 2006.
21 Lecture, “Media Ethics: An Oxymoron?” Second National Applied Ethics Conference, Middle East Technical University, Department of Philosophy, Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 18, 2006.
Lecture, “Reporters Privilege Redux,” 2005 National Media Law Conference, Halifax, Canada, Nov. 12, 2005.
Keynote address, “Judges and Journalists Have More in Common Than You Think,” Media and the Law Seminar 2005, Law Society of Alberta, Calgary, Canada, April 9, 2005.
Lecture, “Plus Ca Change, Plus C’est La Meme Chose: A Reflection on Reporter’s Privilege in the United States,” 2004 National Media Law Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 20, 2004.
Lecture, “Privacy: Bad News for the Press,” Estonia Television Conference on Privacy and the Media, Tallinn, Estonia, March 11, 2004.
Lecture, “Democracies Die Behind Closed Doors,” 2002 National Media Law Conference, Toronto, Canada, November 16, 2002.
Lecture, “News or Propaganda? Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? Safety or Secrecy? Reconciling a Free Press with National Security in Times of Crisis,” American Center, Kathmandu, Nepal, June 7, 2002.
Lecture, “The World Turned Upside Down: Media Law, Pre-and Post-9/11/01,” 2002 National Media Law Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, November 10, 2001.
Lecture, “The Greatest Freedom of the Press in the World,” Annual Meeting, Federation Professionnelle des Journalistes due Quebec, Quebec City, Canada, November 18, 2000.
Lecture, “Clash of the Titans: Privacy versus the First Amendment,” Millennium National Media Law Seminar, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, November 11, 2000.
Keynote Address, “When Journalism is a Crime,” Conference on Criminal Defamation in Latin America, Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 7, 2000.
Lecture, “Privacy, Libel and Freedom of Information,” 36th Kyushu-Yamaguchi Journalist Seminar, Fukuoka, Japan, May 16, 2000.
Accredited non-governmental organization observer, representing the World Press Freedom Committee, United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 1995.
Selected panels, symposia, roundtables, task forces – International
22 Panelist/speaker, “International Law after WikiLeaks,” The Media World after WikiLeaks and News of the World, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France, February 16, 2012.
Panelist/speaker, “Federal FOIA in the U.S.: The Key to Open Government,” Seminar on Access to Information, Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 5, 2011.
Panelist, “New Media,” 2011 Annual Conference of Ad Idem/Canadian Media Lawyers Association, Montreal, Canada, November 5, 2011.
Discussion leader, Roundtable Discussion on Media Law and Ethics, Malaysiakini and SeaCeM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 21, 2011.
Participant, Ditchley Foundations’ conference, “The Media and Democracy,” Oxfordshire, England, 2008.
Panelist, “What trouble is on the Horizon: International Developments,” 2007 Annual Conference of Ad Idem/Canadian Media Lawyers Association, Toronto, Canada, November 3, 2007.
Panelist, Plenary Session, “Between Security and openness: Should there be limits to freedom of expression and freedom of information?,” International Conference on Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace, UNESCO, Paris, France, February 3-4, 2005.
Panelist, Plenary Session, “Judicial Independence,” Inter American Press Association’s Hemisphere Summit on Justice and Freedom of the Press in the Americas,” Washington, D.C., June 20-22, 2002.
Lecturer/Panelist for numerous media law and freedom of information seminars under auspices of U.S. State Department/USIA, Rutgers University, Freedom Forum, and others, in Armenia (2011), Azerbaijan (2011), Belarus (1993,1994), Brazil (2001, 2011), Canada (1989, 1994- 2011), Chile (1997), China (2001), Czech Republic (1990, 1999), Dominican Republic (2007), England (1997), Estonia (2004), Hong Kong (2001), Ireland (1998), Japan (2000), Latvia (1993), Macau (2001), Malaysia (2011) Mongolia (1997), Nepal (2002), the Philippines (2001), Poland (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997), Romania (1993), Russia (1996), Rwanda (2011), Sierra Leone (2008), Thailand (2012). Conducted Digital Video Conferences on press freedom issues to journalists in Colombo, Sri Lanka (April 21, 2008), Jerusalem (January 10, 2007), La Paz, Bolivia (September 20, 2006) and Taiwan (June 17, 2003).
Speaker at World Editors Forum in Kobe, Japan (1998) and the International Bar Association in Strasbourg, France (1989).
Participant, Ditchley Foundations’ conference, “Freedom and Security: An Appropriate Balance?,” Oxfordshire, England, 2005.
23 Group Rapporteur, Ditchley Foundations' conference, "The Media and the Law" (chaired by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor), Oxfordshire, England, 1998.
Moderator for plenary session on "Legal and political framework and obstacles to media freedom," UNESCO European Seminar on Promoting Independent and Pluralistic Media, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1997.
Participant, Ditchley Foundations' conference, "Fostering Democracy Worldwide: Lessons from Experience," Oxfordshire, England, 1993.
Group Rapporteur, Ditchley Foundations' conference, "Reconciling Freedom of Information with Protection of the Public Interest in the Modern Democratic Process," Oxfordshire, England, 1987.
Numerous seminars conducted for international journalists visiting Washington, D.C., Arlington, Virginia, and Minneapolis, Minnesota for USIA, Meridian International, Academy for Educational Development, German Marshall Fund, Delphi Institute, 1985-present.
Selected Continuing Legal Education/Professional Development Seminars/Workshops
Faculty member, 15th Annual Media Advocacy Workshop, ABA Forum on Communications Law, Orlando, Florida, February 9, 2012.
Workshop leader, “Media Law & Ethics,” National Press Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 20, 2011.
Workshop leader, “Media and the Law and Code of Ethics,” Malaysian Press Institute, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 18, 2011.
Workshop leader, “Media Ethics,” Great Lakes Media Center, Kigali, Rwanda, July 27, 2011.
Panelist, “In Trouble Online: Social Media and the Law,” Clarion Legal/Thomson Reuters, Eagan, Minnesota, June 10, 2011.
Workshop leader, “Handling Leaked Information,” 27th Annual Associated Collegiate Press National Journalism Convention, Hollywood, California, March 4, 2011.
Workshop leader, “When Do Online Comments Become a Crime?” 27th Annual Associated Collegiate Press National Journalism Convention, Hollywood, California, March 4, 2011.
Panelist, “Hand-held Devices & Privacy,” Minnesota State Bar Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 8, 2011.
Panelist, “A FOIA in the House?: Two Critical Supreme Court Cases for the Environmental Lawyer,” ABA “Quick Teleconference” Series, January 13, 2011.
24 Panelist/workshop leader, “Media Ethics 101,” Padilla Speer Beardsley, Minneapolis, Minnesota, September 21, 2010.
Lecturer/workshop leader, “Ethics in Social Media,” Weber Shandwick, Bloomington, Minnesota, June 22, 2010.
Panelist, “LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Oh My! The Ethical Dangers of Social Networking for Attorneys,” 23rd Annual Media Law Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri, April 23, 2010.
Workshop leader, “Mining Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media: Legal and Ethical Issues,” 26th Annual Associated Collegiate Press National College Journalism Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, February 27, 2010.
Workshop leader, “You Must Say That Online: New Legal Issues for Bloggers,” 26th Annual Associated Collegiate Press National College Journalism Convention, Phoenix, Arizona, February 26, 2010.
Panelist, “Ethical Considerations for Lawyers” as part of American Bar Association Teleconference, “Data Privacy Breaches and U.S. Data Security Laws: New Worries, New Rules, New Roles for Counsel,” January 20, 2010.
Panelist, “Online Journalism Ethics and Law,” 27th Annual National Association of Hispanic Journalists Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 26, 2009.
Panelist, “Legal Ethical Issues Created by Today’s 24/7 Sports Media World,” Sports Lawyers Association annual conference, San Francisco, May 15, 2008.
Panelist, “First Amendment/Newsgathering: Who, Which and What’s It,” American Bar Association, Representing Your Local Broadcaster, Las Vegas, April 13, 2008.
Panelist, “Journalists Under Fire: Is a “Journalist’s Privilege’ Needed to Protect the Flow of Information Between Reporters and Their Sources?,” Federalist Society, Columbus, Ohio, March 8, 2007.
Workshop leader, “Nieman Shoptalk,” Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 2, 2007.
Panelist, “National Security and Its Effects on Civil Liberties,” moderated by Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller, Thomson West University, Eagan, Minnesota, December 12, 2006. Panelist, “The Next Big Thing – Hot Issues for 2007 and Beyond,” NAA/NAB/MLRC Media Law Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, September 29, 2006.
Panelist, “FOIA in Its 40th Year Goes Around the World,” American Society of Access Professionals Annual Symposium, Washington, D.C., September 26, 2006.
25 Faculty member, Communications Law in the Digital Age (formerly, Communications Law), Practising Law Institute, New York, November 12, 1998, November 11, 1999, November 14, 2000, November 8, 2001, November 14, 2002, November 13, 2003, November 18, 2004, November 10, 2005, November 9, 2006, November 8, 2007, November 14, 2008, November 12, 2009, November 11, 2010, November 10, 2011.
Faculty member, “Freedom of the Press,” First Amendment Institute, Houston and Dallas, Texas, April 28-29, 2000, March 22-23, 2002, and April 11-12, 2003.
Faculty member, “Posted No Journalists: Newsgathering Laws in Foreign Countries,” 2002 NAA/NAB/LDRC Libel Conference, Alexandria, Virginia, September 25, 2002.
Panelist, “Will September 11 Change the American Constitution?”, moderated by Harvard Law Professor Arthur Miller, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 10, 2002.
Panelist, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-Third Annual Media and the Law Seminars, Kansas City, Missouri, April 26, 2001, April 19, 2002, May 4, 2007, April 23, 2010.
Facilitator, “Hot Issues in Ethics,” American Bar Association’s Forum Committee on Communications Law, Boca Raton and Key Largo, Florida, Scottsdale, Arizona, and San Diego, California: February 17-19, 2000; February 15-16, 2002; February 15-16, 2002; January 14-15, 2005; February 9, 2007; February 16, 2008; February 7, 2009.
Faculty member, Libel and Newsgathering Litigation: Litigating Newsgathering Claims (panel chair) and Litigating Libel and Privacy Claims, Practising Law Institute, New York, June 15, 2000 and Los Angeles, July 16-17, 2000.
Faculty member, Law School for Reporters, Louisiana State Bar Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, June 16-17, 2000.
Panelist, “Investigative Reporting Outside the United States” and AAcademic Panel on First Principles,” NAA/NAB/LDRC Conference, Arlington, Virginia, September 22-27, 1999.
Faculty member, Libel and Newsgathering Litigation: Litigating Newsgathering Claims, Practising Law Institute, New York, June 18, 1998.
Faculty member, Advanced Freedom of Information Act Seminars, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Information and Privacy, 1993-1999.
Numerous panels and workshops for AEJMC, including “Comparative/Foreign Law Approach to Freedom of Information,” and “Freedom of Information as a Human Right” (St. Louis, August 9, 2011); “Criminal Libel: A 15th Century Crime for the 21st Century,” “Is the Communications Decency Act Protecting Indecency?” and “Grappling with Legal Risks and Other Challenges”(Denver, August 3, 4 and 5, 2010); “20 Years of ‘Personal Privacy’: The Legacy of
26 Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee,” (Boston, August 7, 2009); “Advocacy Journalism or Public Relations: (Re)Defining the Values of News” (Chicago, August 6, 2008); “Of Propaganda, Patriotism and Patronage: The Legal, Ethical and Practical Implications of Journalists Working for Government Agencies” and “A Class in Privilege Then and Now: Is There Any Change?” (Washington, D.C., August 9 and 11, 2007); “FOIA Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary” and “Questioning Whether to be Neutral on a Moving Train,” (San Francisco, August 3, 2006); “Freedom of Information and Scientific Data Post 9/11,” (San Antonio, August 11, 2005);“A Conflict of Laws: Media Coverage of Canadian Crimes” (Toronto, Canada, August 6, 2004); “Arresting Facts about Crime Coverage” (Miami, Florida, August 6, 2002); “The Anti- Violence Agenda” and “Behind the Scenes at the Supreme Court” (Washington, D.C., August 6 and 7, 2001); “The Bottom Line: How Business Practices are Shaping Media Law” and “Honoring IRE: A Legal and Ethical Look at Investigative Reporting” (Phoenix, August 9 and 10, 2000).
Numerous panels for the National Society of Professional Journalists, including “Reporting on the Edge” and “Working the Net as a Reporting Tool” (Indianapolis, Indiana, October 2-4, 1999); “Protecting Words and Pictures: Intellectual Property Rights” and AThe Public vs. the Press” (Bellevue, Washington, October 4-5, 2001); “FOIA 40 Years Later” (Chicago, August 24, 2006); “Mining Facebook, Twitter, Etc.: The Ethical Side of It” (Las Vegas, October 4, 2010).
MEDIA APPEARANCES
I have appeared on and been quoted in the electronic and print media on many occasions, beginning during my tenure as Executive Director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom for the Press, including The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Nightline, Today, Good Morning America, John McLaughlin's One on One, Donahue!, Crossfire, CNN & Co., and the BBC's Law in Action, as well as numerous USIA WORLDNET Interactive "Dialog" Satellite Broadcasts to Europe, Asia, Middle East and Latin America, 1987-1999.
Since accepting my appointment as the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law, I have continued to appear and been quoted in many news media. Notable among them are: NOW with Bill Moyers, PBS; A & E Cable’s American Justice; TPT’s Almanac; Future Tense, Minnesota Public Radio; Morning Edition, National Public Radio;AJustice Talking,” WHYY (Philadelphia) and NPR; To the Point, Public Radio International; Sound Portraits, National Public Radio; The Exchange, New Hampshire Public Radio; The Charlie Warren Show (nationally-syndicated radio); The Jefferson Exchange, Jefferson Public Radio; CBS Radio News; Wisconsin Public Radio; numerous other radio call-in programs including on WWUH, National Radio Project, WRPI, WVON, Radio America, KPFA, KTAR, KZYX, KFAI, WCCO, KKMS.
Numerous appearances on Minnesota Public Radio, including regular appearances on Katherine Lanpher’s Midmorning and Gary Eichten’s Midday call-in shows, as well as local productions of Morning Edition and All Things Considered. Also appear on local television and radio news, including on KARE, KSTP, WCCO, and KMSP.
27 Quoted extensively in many newspapers and magazines, including the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, St. Paul Pioneer Press, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Associated Press, Cox News Service, Reuters, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Magazine, Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal, Rocky Mountain News, Dallas Morning News, Orlando Sentinel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, San Diego Union-Tribune, Salt Lake Tribune, Hartford Courant, Providence Journal, Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, Tampa Tribune, Anchorage Daily News, Editor & Publisher, U.S. News and World Report, Wired, Minnesota Monthly, Quill, Outdoors and many others. Also quoted in international press, including the Times, the Independent and the Guardian (London), Toronto Globe and Mail, National Post (Toronto), La Presse, Deutsche Press-Agentur, NZZ am Sonntagg (Switzerland), O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), The Himalayan Times, and many others.
GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING
From 1985-1999, I had primary responsibility for fundraising for The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, a non-membership association depending entirely upon voluntary contributions for support. I raised all operating and special projects support from diverse funders, including foundations, newspapers, television networks, and professional associations. At the time I became Executive Director, the Reporters Committee had a $60,000 deficit and a very small endowment. Over the next 14 years, I raised approximately $4 million to support the work of the association. This figure does not include a grant received by the Reporters Committee in September 1999 for $2.3 million from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, for which I prepared the grant proposal and which was pending at the time of my resignation to accept the Silha Professorship at the University of Minnesota in August 1999.
From 1999-present, at the University of Minnesota, I have held an endowed chair and direct an endowed center. I do not need to undertake fundraising or grant-seeking. However, I have been the recipient of the following grants since becoming a full-time faculty member:
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Czech Republic, November 28-30, 1999: $4,442.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Japan, May 15-17, 2000: $4,124.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Philippines, China, Macao, Hong Kong, June 26-July 13, 2001: $10,009.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Brazil, August 12-17, 2001: $3,136.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Nepal, June 3-7, 2002: $9,728.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Estonia, March 10-11, 2004, $4,072.00
28 Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Dominican Republic, July 15-19, 2007, $3,439.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Sierra Leone, June 14-24, 2008, $15,168.00
Book contract, U.S. Department of State. 2009-2010, $15,000.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Azerbaijan and Armenia, May 13-28, 2011, $17,399.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Rwanda, July 25-August 3, 2011, $17,923.00.
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Malaysia, October 14-22, 2011, $13,332.00
Speaker and Specialist Grant, U.S. Department of State, Thailand, March 10-17, 2012, $17,023.00
NOTABLE PROGRAMS
Coordinated one of the inaugural “Judges in J-Schools” programs sponsored by the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for the Courts and Media and the National Judicial College, hosting California Superior Court Judge Rick Distaso’s visit to the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, November 29, 2006.
Conducted one of the “Great Conversations” series, sponsored by the University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education, with Brian Lamb, founder of C-SPAN, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2, 2002.
Conducted one of the “Critical Dialogues” series, sponsored by the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, with Gary Gilson, executive director of the Minnesota News Council, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 10, 2000.
Recruited speakers for the annual Silha Lecture, an endowed lecture. Lecturers recruited include British solicitor Mark Stephens (2011); attorney Paul Smith (2010); investigative journalist Chuck Lewis (2009); The Guardian Readers’ Editor Siobhain Butterworth (2008); attorney Robert Corn-Revere (2007); Professor Geoffrey Stone (2006); attorney Floyd Abrams (2005); Professor Geneva Overholser (2004); attorney Kenneth Starr (2003), columnist Anthony Lewis (2002); attorney Lee Levine (2001); editorial cartoonist Chip Bok (2000).
Recruited speakers for Silha Spring Ethics forums. Lecturers recruited have included Paramount Studios film preservationist Barry Allen (2001, 2004); MSNBC ombudsman Dan Fisher (2002);
29 ethicist Peter Sussman (2003); journalist David Kidwell (2005); author Seth Mnookin (2006); victims’ rights advocates Linda Walker and Nancy Sabin (2007); Professor Edward Wasserman (2008); Professor Gary Schwitzer (2009); journalist Chris Hedges (2010); journalist and professor Mark Feldstein (2011).
Recruited speakers for Fall and Spring Forums, 2001-present. Lecturers recruited have included Prof. Dick Reeve and Prof. Stephen Cribari of the University of Denver and University of Minnesota, Mary Horvath, FBI, and Steve Wermiel, American University Washington College of Law.
COURSES TAUGHT B UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Global Seminar, Press Freedom in the United Kingdom, London and Glasgow, United Kingdom (designed this course, including organizing, recruiting speakers from the English and Scottish media, legal and academic communities, and teaching) (Spring Intersession 2001, 2007)
Honors Colloquium 1001, Introduction to the Arts and Sciences - Journalism (Fall 2002)
Journalism 3771, Mass Media Ethics: Moral Reasoning and Case Studies (Fall and/or Spring 2009-present)
Journalism 3776, Mass Communication Law (Fall and/or Spring 2000-present)
Journalism 4552/5552, Law of Internet Communications (designed this course) (Fall 2001-2007)
Journalism 4731H Honors: Communication Problems and Issues - Comparative Media Law (designed this course) (Fall 2000)
Journalism 5777 Contemporary Problems of Freedom of Speech and the Press (Fall and/or Spring 2000-present) (cross-listed with Law School as LAW 6030)
Journalism 5991 Special Topics: Media Law and Ethics Go to the Movies (designed this course) (Spring 2008)
Journalism 8678 Constitutional Law: Theories of Freedom of Expression (designed this course) (Spring 2007-present) (cross-listed with Law School as LAW 6059)
DISSERTATIONS/THESES ADVISED/COMMITTEE SERVICE
Doctoral Dissertations:
Bastiaan Vanacker, “Regulating Hate Online: Accommodating Competing Legal Paradigms,” defended Summer 2006 (adviser).
30 John Breslin, “Crime Victims and the Media: Ethical and Legal Perspectives,” defended Spring 2003 (adviser).
Erik F. Ugland, “Newsgathering, ‘Special Rights,’ and Freedom of the Press,” defended Fall 2002 (member of committee).
Master’s Thesis:
Patrick C. File, “Is the Press What it Does? Functional and Institutional Definitions of ‘Journalist’ in State Shield Laws,” defended Spring 2009 (adviser).
UNIVERSITY SERVICE – UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Member, College of Liberal Arts Promotion and Tenure committee, 2007-2010.
Chair, Distinguished Women Scholars Award review committee, 2009; Member, Distinguished Women Scholars Award review committee, 2007-2008.
Chair, Faculty Salary Increment Review Committee, SJMC, 2010-2011.
Chair, Joint Degree program committee (to establish a joint degree program with the University of Minnesota Law School), 2007-2008.
Chair, New Media and History Search Committee, 2009 – searches successfully culminated in two new faculty hires.
Chair, Open Rank Search Committee, 2004-2007 – searches successfully culminated in three new faculty hires (one for each year I chaired this search committee)
Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 2000-2004; 2010-present.
Member, Diversity Committee, 2011-present.
Co-chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Revision Committee, 1999-2004.
Member, Mithun Chair Search Committee, 2000-2003.
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, 1999-2000; 2004-2010.
Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Discipline, 2000.
31 “Celebrating Campaign Minnesota” – traveled to Naples, Florida and to Phoenix, Arizona, at the request of University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof, to speak at events honoring donors, January 13, 2001 and March 4, 2001.
HONORS, MEMBERSHIPS
National Scholastic Press Association Pioneer Award, Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 19, 2011.
Peter S. Popovich Award, Minnesota Pro Chapter/Society of Professional Journalists, Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 7, 2011.
Edith Wortman First Amendment Matrix Foundation Award, Association for Women in Communications Annual Professional Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 7, 2004.
Named as the teacher of the best course in their major by graduating seniors surveyed by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost, University of Minnesota, 2002.
First Amendment Fellow, National Press Club, Washington, D.C., 2000-present.
Arkansas Traveler, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 15, 2000.
Judge, preliminary and quarterfinal rounds, 10th and 11th National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, March 17-18, 2000 and March 30-31, 2001.
Hall of Achievement, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, October 18, 1999.
Inaugural Class, The FOIA Hall of Fame, Arlington, Virginia, inducted September 12, 1996.
John Peter Zenger Award for Freedom of the Press and the People's Right to Know, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, April 29, 1994.
Distinguished Service Award, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Newspaper Division, 1993.
Judge, Scripps Howard National Journalism Awards, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1997, 1998, 2006.
Professional Freedom and Responsibility Chair, AEJMC Law Division, 2000-01.
Invited Nominator: Tully Center for Free Speech Award, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University, 2009.
32 Board memberships include Communication Law and Policy; Media Ethics; Journal of Media Law and Ethics; Sigma Delta Chi Foundation; National Scholastic Press Association (2005- 2011), Citizen Media Law Project (Harvard University’s Berkman Center); Minnesota Coalition on Government Information (MnCOGI); Society of Professional Journalists - Minnesota Professional Chapter (2000-10); Society of Professional Journalists National Ethics Committee (2006-2010).
Bar memberships: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Tenth, Eleventh and D.C. Circuits; U.S. Claims Court; U.S. District Courts for the Western District of New York and District of Columbia; District of Columbia and New York Courts of Appeals; Virginia Supreme Court.
Professional memberships: American, New York, Virginia and District of Columbia Bar Associations; Society of Professional Journalists; AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication).
Listed in Who's Who in America,1997-2010; Who's Who in American Law, 1987-2010; Who’s Who of American Women,1993-2006; Who's Who in the World, 1993-2009; Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2002, 2006; Who's Who in the East, 1997-98; Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America, 1988-1994; The World Who's Who of Women, 1990-93.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
I deliver numerous speeches in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul community, including: Minnesota Coalition on Government Information, St. Mary’s University of Minneapolis, Sun Newspapers, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd “Over Coffee” series (Eagan, Minnesota), St. Paul Jewish Community Center Men’s Club, American Association of University Women (Minneapolis Branch), First Unitarian Society, Rotary Club (St. Louis Park, Golden Valley, Uptown Minneapolis, Minnesota), Elder Learning Institute, National Writers Union - Twin Cities Local, National Honor Society at Eastview High School (Apple Valley, Minnesota), and Humanists of Minnesota.
EXPERT WITNESS
I have acted as an expert witness in Newsome v. Williamson Daily News (Circuit Court, Mingo County, West Virginia) (settled, 2006), Miller v. Colorado (Jefferson County Court, Denver, Colorado) (1999-2000), and in an invasion of privacy lawsuit filed against a television station in state court in Baltimore, Maryland (settled, 2003).
REFERENCES
Professor Sandra Chance, J.D.
33 McClatchy Professor in Freedom of Information College of Journalism and Communications University of Florida PO Box 118400 Gainesville, FL 32611 352 392 2273 [email protected]
Mark Feldstein, Ph.D Richard Eaton Professor of Broadcast Journalism College of Journalism University of Maryland 2209 Knight Hall College Park, MD 20742 301 405 5292 [email protected]
Mark Goodman, J.D. Professor and Knight Chair in Scholastic Journalism School of Journalism and Mass Communication Kent State University PO Box 5190 Kent, OH 44242-001 330 672 6239 [email protected]
Professor Geanne Rosenberg, J.D. Director of the Harnisch Collaborative Future of Journalism Projects Baruch College CUNY One Bernard Baruch Way New York, NY 10010 646 312 3969 [email protected]
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