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Presented by: The Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee 2019 Florida Bar Reporter's workshop ­ Locations & information ­

DoubleTree Hotel - 101 S. Adams St, . Florida Supreme Court - 500 S. Duval St.

The Reporters' Workshop is primarily an educational experience, not a news event. This policy on quotation of remarks furthers that primary goal.

Comments during the program. Unless otherwise specified, all comments made as part of the program, in remarks addressing the group as a whole, are on the record. A speaker may unilaterally, before or promptly after a comment, designate as off the record, meaning it is for the reporters' information only and may not be quoted or attributed in any manner. In such a circumstance, a reporter is welcome to follow up with the speaker in an interview that is made clearly on the record and may ask the speaker to remove or modify the off-the-record restriction.

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A participant is free to use the information for other reporting. In publishing any information gained at the workshop, participants are urged to reflect upon the possible adverse effects on future programs from how the material is used.

2 Jenna Bourne – WTSP 10 News (St. Petersburg) Bobby Calvan – The (Tallahassee) reporters' Karina Elwood – University of Florida’s Fresh Take Florida Javonni Hampton - WFSU-TV/The Florida Channel workshop (Tallahassee) Alex Harris – Herald Melissa Hernandez – University of Florida’s Fresh class of Take Florida Dolores Hinckley – University of Florida’s Fresh Take Florida 2019 Dylan Jackson – ALM Media for The American Lawyer and Daily Business Review Alexandria Mansfield – The Villages Daily Sun Sara Marino – / TCPalm.com (Stuart) Kylie McGivern – ABC Action News Tampa Devan Patel – Payne Ray – The Leesburg Daily Commercial Megan Reeves – Times Courtney Robinson – WTSP 10 News (St. Petersburg) Jessica Rodriguez – Naples Daily News Allison Ross – Erin Smith – ABC Action News Tampa Kavitha Surana – Tampa Bay Times Caitie Switalski – WLRN News (Broward County) Buster Thompson – Citrus County Chronicle (Crystal River) Kayla Tucker – WMBB-TV News 13 ABC (Panama Oct. 28 - 29, 2019 City) Christy Turner - Action News Jax/WJAX-TV Judicial Meeting Room (Jacksonville) Florida Supreme Court Jada Williams – WTXL ABC 27 (Tallahassee) Tallahassee Colleen Wright –

3 Sunday, Oct. 27 Agenda 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Meet & Greet Reception DoubleTree Hotel, Jacobs on the Plaza 101 S. Adams St.

Monday, Oct. 28

7:15 - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast DoubleTree Hotel, Jacobs on the Plaza For Reporters (use breakfast vouchers)

8:15 - 8:30 a.m. Security Check-in and Group Photo outside Florida Supreme Court (have driver's license ready)

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Re-enter Building and Assemble in Rotunda

8:45 - 9:45 a.m. Introduction to the Florida Supreme Court and Courthouse Tour Justice Ricky Polston, Florida Supreme Court Craig Waters, Public Information Officer, Oct. 28 - 29, 2019 Florida Supreme Court Judicial Meeting Room Tricia Knox, PIO Deputy Director, Florida Florida Supreme Court Supreme Court Tallahassee Emilie Rietow, Education and Information Administrator, Florida Supreme Court

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4 Monday, Oct. 28 (cont.)

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Effective Techniques of Reporting the High-Profile Case Moderator: Trimmel Gomes, The Rotunda Podcast, Gomes Media Strategies Greg Fox, , WESH-TV 2, Orlando Zachary Sampson, Journalist, Tampa Bay Times Kathryn Varn, Journalist, Tampa Bay Times

11:00 - 11:10 a.m. BREAK

11:10 a.m. - 12:40 p.m. First Amendment in Court: Folta v. Moderator: Tom Julin, Partner, Gunster, P.A., Miami Jim Beasley, Jr., Managing member, The Beasley Firm, LLC, Mark R. Caramanica, Thomas & LoCicero PL, Tampa Kevin M. Folta, Ph.D., Professor, University of Florida, Gainesville Lane R. Jubb, Jr., The Beasley Firm, LLC, Philadelphia Judge Mark E. Walker, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Florida

12:40 - 1:45 p.m. LUNCH

1:45 - 2:45 p.m. LIBEL and PRIVACY Moderator: Edward L. Birk, Shareholder, Marks Gray, P.A., Jacksonville Karen Williams Kammer, Attorney, Mitrani, Rynor, Adamsky & Toland, P.A., Miami David M. Snyder, Attorney, David M. Snyder, P.A., Tampa Alison M. Steele, Attorney, Alison M. Steele, P.A., St. Petersburg Oct. 28 - 29, 2019 Judicial2:45 - 3:00 p.m.Meeting Room FloridaBREAK Supreme Court

3:00 - 4:00Tallahassee p.m. The Florida Bar and Lawyer Regulation Introductions: Francine Andía Walker, Director, The Florida Bar Communications Department Ali Carden Sackett, Legal Division, The Florida Bar Patricia Ann Toro Savitz, Lawyer Regulation, The Florida Bar Ryan R. Davis, Attorney, Jansen and Davis, P.A., Tallahassee Shaneé L. Hinson, Bar Counsel, The Florida Bar, Tallahassee Branch Office

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5 Monday, Oct. 28 (cont.)

Reception and Dinner with the Supreme Court Justices Eve on Adams 101 S. Adams Street, 17th floor of the DoubleTree Hotel

6:00 - 6:30 p.m.. Reception with the Justices

6:30 p.m. DINNER

7:15 p.m. Introductions by Judge Nina Ashenafi-Richardson Welcome, Florida Bar President John M. Stewart Judicial Spotlight, Chief Justice Charles T. Canady, Florida Supreme Court

Tuesday, Oct. 29

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast Supreme Court Judicial Meeting Room, Florida Supreme Court

8:30 - 9:45 a.m. Meet the Justices Moderator: Frederick Lauten, Emeritus Chief Judge, 9th Judicial Circuit Justice Robert J. Luck, Florida Supreme Court Justice Carlos G. Muñiz, Florida Supreme Court

9:45Oct. - 10:00 28 a.m - 29, 2019 JudicialBREAK Meeting Room Florida Supreme Court 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Tallahassee : Lessons From 2018 and Outlook for 2020 Moderator: Dr. Susan A. MacManus, USF Distinguished University Professor Emerita Mark Earley, Supervisor of Elections, Leon County Lori Edwards, Supervisor of Elections, Polk County Mark Herron, Elections Attorney, Tallahassee

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6 Tuesday, Oct. 29 (cont.)

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. LUNCH Speaker: , Retired Journalist, Tampa Bay Times

12:45 - 1:00 p.m. BREAK

1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Public Records: How To Get The Records You Need Moderator: Pat Gleason, Special Counsel for Open Government Gary Fineout, Journalist, Florida Dara Kam, Journalist, The News Service of Florida Frank D. LoMonte, Professor and Director, Brechner Center for Freedom of Information Mike Vasilinda, President, Capitol News Service

2:30 - 2:45 p.m. BREAK

2:45 - 3:30 p.m. A View from the Bench Justice Alan C. Lawson, Florida Supreme Court

3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks, Craig Waters, Director, Public Information Office, Florida Supreme Court

7 Introduction to the Supreme Court and Sunday,Courthouse Tour Oct. - Monday, 27 8:45 a.m.

Panelists JUSTICE RICKY POLSTON is a justice on the . A native of Graceville, he earned his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in 1977 from and his J.D. with high honors, in and 1986, from the FSU College of Law. A certified public accountant, he had a public accounting practice from 1977-1984. He was in private law practice from 1987 - 2000 and was a judge in the First District Court of Appeal from 2001 speakers until 2008, when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Gov. . He is married to Deborah Ehler Polston, and they have 10 children, including an adopted sibling group of six.

CRAIG WATERS is an attorney and director of the Public Information Office at the Florida Supreme Court, where he also is its communications counsel, chief web administrator and social media supervisor. He is best known as the spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court in the 2000 presidential election appeals known as Bush v. Gore. In his nearly 33 years at the court, Waters became the court’s first web administrator and was executive assistant to Chief Justice Gerald Kogan from 1996 to 1998. In that role, he established the court's Public Information Office in 1996, began the then-novel use of the Internet to distribute court documents to the public and organized the first live gavel-to-gavel video broadcasts and web streaming of all Florida Supreme Court appeals. Later, he led the Florida Supreme Court’s use of social media Oct. 28 - 29, 2019 for outreach to the public. Waters is the Judicial Meeting Room founding president of the Florida Court Public Information Officers, Inc., (FCPIO). Waters Florida Supreme Court earned his law degree with honors from the Tallahassee University of Florida in 1986 and his undergraduate degree with honors from Brown University in 1979. A native of Pensacola, Waters was an award-winning reporter with Newspapers before attending law school.

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8 Introduction to the Supreme Court and Courthouse Tour (cont.)

TRICIA KNOX is the deputy director of public information for the Florida Supreme Court. She has spent more than 27 years in state government, including 21 years in Florida’s state court system. Her background includes planning, communications, education and outreach, curriculum development, public information, web accessibility, web administration, and technology. Knox’s experience and knowledge in communications, public information, and web design helped guide the development of the 2016 Court Communication Plan.

EMILIE RIETOW is the education and information administrator at the Florida Supreme Court. Her work in public information office includes instructing thousands of teachers, students and members of the public from throughout about Florida’s judicial branch of government and coordinating other civics education programs. Rietow is also responsible for website and social media content management and event planning. Prior to her position at the Court, Rietow spent several years working in The Florida Bar’s public information office and as an elementary classroom teacher in the public school system.

Effective Techniques of Reporting the High-Profile Case Monday , 10:00 a.m.

TRIMMEL GOMES is a veteran broadcaster and communications expert with more than 16 years’ experience as an award-winning journalist for major news outlets such as NPR and PBS. He covered complex public policy issues while managing a statewide news team when he was news director of Florida Public Radio/WFSU-FM in Tallahassee. Gomes is often quoted as an expert on Florida politics, appearing on national and statewide media. He is a graduate of the College of Journalism and Communications at the University of Florida, a member of the college advisory council and an adjunct instructor in the College of Communication & Information at Florida State University. He serves on the board of the First Amendment Foundation. Gomes also hosts “The Rotunda,” a weekly public affairs podcast about the people and issues shaping Florida politics.

GREG FOX has been a TV broadcast journalist since 1982, reporting for WESH TV in Orlando since 1987. Fox currently is the investigative and political reporter for WESH. He has won two National Walter Cronkite Awards for Outstanding Political Journalism, two Edward R. Murrow Awards for investigative journalism, four Emmys, including a Silver Circle Award, and four Florida Bar Media Awards (now named the Parker Thomson Awards). The Florida Associated Press Broadcasters named him as the 2018 Large Market Reporter of the Year.

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9 Effective Techniques of Reporting the High-Profile Case (cont.)

ZACHARY SAMPSON is a general assignment reporter for the Tampa Bay Times. He previously covered breaking news and public safety for the after moving to Florida from Rhode Island. Before his move to Florida, Sampson worked for and the New Bedford Standard-Times in . This year, Sampson reported on the multiweek murder trial of John Jonchuck, who was found guilty in April of first-degree murder for throwing his 5-year-old daughter off of a bridge in 2015. Coverage included liveblogging updates of the proceedings.

KATHRYN VARN covers breaking news and public safety for the Tampa Bay Times. Her beat includes covering police and fire departments, hurricanes and any other topics that involve death and destruction. Most recently, Varn covered the trial of Michael Drejka, who was convicted in August of manslaughter in the July 2018 shooting death of Markeis McGlockton. Drejka asserted a Stand Your Ground law defense. Before coming to in 2015, Varn was a journalism student at the University of Florida.

Sampson and Varn were co-finalists for the 2019 Parker Thompson Awards for their reporting on the Michael Drejka murder trial and the “Stand Your Ground” law.

First Amendment in Court: Folta v. The New York Times Monday, 11:10 a.m.

TOM JULIN, moderator of the First Amendment in Court panel, litigates free speech issues in Florida and around the country and is dedicated to advocating the First Amendment rights of businesses. Most notably, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled favorably in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc. on Julin’s argument that data mining for target marketing is protected against regulation that cannot survive heightened judicial scrutiny. Julin has defended media companies against libel, slander and privacy invasion claims. He also has used the federal civil rights act to attack government regulations of speech, and sunshine, public records and Freedom of Information laws to extract information from government agencies. Julin practices with the Gunster in Miami. He is a member of The Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee.

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10 First Amendment in Court: Folta v. The New York Times (cont.)

JIM BEASLEY JR. is the managing member of The Beasley Firm, a Philadelphia-based complex civil litigation firm. His practice is focused on professional malpractice, libel, aviation and business tort suits, and he has obtained innumerable seven- and eight- figure verdicts and settlements throughout the United States. Beasley received his medical and law degrees from the University of , as well as a LL.M. in trial advocacy from Temple University’s Beasley School of Law. Among other professional organizations, he is a Fellow of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is a married father of five and has one grandson. Beasley is a licensed commercial pilot, with more than 6,500 hours of complex flight time. He is an accomplished aerobatic pilot, with commercial and multi-engine instrument ratings, and for 30 years he has been performing in airshows around the world. He is one of only 10 civilian pilots in the world permitted to fly with the U.S. Air Force and flies and performs with the USAF at airshows around the country in his P-51 Mustang.

MARK R. CARAMANICA is partner in the Tampa office of Thomas & LoCicero. His practice focuses on media law, intellectual property, and civil litigation. Before joining the firm, he worked at The Reporters Committee for Freedom of , the nation's leading legal advocacy non-profit organization serving free press and First Amendment interests. In that role, he specialized in freedom of information, access, and intellectual property issues. Prior to that, he practiced commercial litigation in New York City representing foreign and domestic corporate clients. Caramanica also previously served as director of the Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, where he also taught classes in media and telecommunications law. Caramanica represented The New York Times and journalist in the defamation lawsuit brought by Professor Kevin Folta.

KEVIN M. FOLTA, PH.D. is a professor and former chairman of the Horticultural Sciences Department at the University of Florida. He led the project to sequence the strawberry genome and continues to research how light can optimize indoor farming and help Florida farmers produce better tasting strawberries. Folta leads internationally recognized workshops on science communication, and has hosted the Talking Biotech Podcast since 2015, with more than 1 million downloads. His workshops and podcast focus on the safety of genetic engineering and vaccines. In 2017, Folta sued the New York Times and one of its reporters for libel in relation to an article that claimed that he was a central insider in a Monsanto-coordinated manipulation of independent, academic researchers to influence policy and public opinion in exchange for grant money.

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11 First Amendment in Court: Folta v. The New York Times (cont.)

LANE R. JUBB, JR. is a trial lawyer at The Beasley Firm in Philadelphia. He focuses his practice on defamation, medical malpractice, catastrophic aviation accidents, and wrongful use of civil proceedings. At age 29, Lane won two separate multi-million-dollar medical malpractice verdicts as lead counsel, including a $20-million wrongful death verdict against The Laser Spine Institute, formerly based in Tampa. Jubb represents lawyers, physicians, academics, and whistle blowers in defamation and wrongful use of civil proceedings lawsuits against both media and non-media defendants. Jubb served as counsel for Professor Folta in his lawsuit against the New York Times.

JUDGE MARK E. WALKER is the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida. He was appointed to the court in December 2012 and became chief judge in June 2018. Before his elevation to the federal bench, Walker served as a 2nd Circuit judge in Leon County for three years. Before that, he was in private practice with various law firms in Tallahassee for a decade. After graduating from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, Walker clerked for Justice Stephen H. Grimes on the Florida Supreme Court and after that for Judge Robert Hinkle on the court he now presides over. For two years before going into private practice, Walker worked as a public defender in the 2nd Judicial Circuit. In March 2019, Judge Walker dismissed a lawsuit brought by University of Florida horticultural professor Kevin Folta against the New York Times.

Libel and Privacy Monday, 1:45 p.m.

EDWARD L. BIRK of Marks Gray in Jacksonville represents news organizations and other clients interested in the First Amendment. He is a former journalist whose work for news organizations includes fighting for access to public records and public meetings, opposing overbroad subpoenas, defending news organizations and when targeted by threats and lawsuits for libel and defamation, and advising journalists on all facets of newsgathering. He earned his J.D. with honors in 1995 from Florida State University College of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the FSU Law Review. After law school, Birk was law clerk to U.S. District Judge Lacy A. Collier in the Northern District of Florida. Birk attended the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he received his B.A. in journalism with a minor concentration in legal studies. He started his journalism career as a staff writer for the student newspaper the Massachusetts Daily Collegian, followed by an internship with the Southbridge News, then as a stringer for The Associated Press. He then went on to work for the AP in Boston, Miami and Tallahassee. Birk is a member of the Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee. continued on next page

12 Libel and Privacy (cont.)

KAREN WILLIAMS KAMMER, a former TV reporter and editor throughout the country, regularly advises media clients on libel, news gathering, reporter's privilege, access, public records, and privacy matters. On behalf of those clients Kammer has litigated to a successful conclusion numerous libel and other news gathering claims, and opened the court proceedings and records in many high-profile cases, including the child abuse prosecution of Carmen and Jorge Barahona, the child custody battle between tennis champion Boris Becker and his estranged wife, the domestic violence prosecution of then- Miami Mayor Joe Carollo, the judicial corruption prosecution known as Operation Court Broom, the trial of former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, and the William Kennedy Smith rape trial, among others. Kammer also has argued before the Florida Supreme Court on public records matters. Her clients have included WPLG, Inc., BH Media Group, Inc. and the Graham Media Group (f/k/a Post-Newsweek) among others. Kammer also practices in the area of complex commercial litigation in both federal and state court, and has litigated a variety of complex contract, tort and other commercial matters to successful conclusions. She is a 1988 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School. Kammer is a member of the Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee.

DAVID M. SNYDER is media lawyer in Tampa and an adjunct professor in the Department of Journalism & Media Studies at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Snyder has helped consumers, taxpayers and the media get access to information and protected their right to publish it, first as a law clerk in The New York Times Co. legal department, then as an associate or partner in major law firms and in solo practice since 1995. At USF, he teaches graduate courses in Digital Media Law and Ethics, Mass Media Law Seminar and News Coverage of Public Life. He teaches undergraduate courses, too. He was a staff writer/beat reporter for the Clearwater Sun and St. Petersburg (now Tampa Bay) Times (1975-79). He also served 34 years in the Naval Reserve as a military journalist NCO and public affairs officer, retiring at the rank of captain. He was a U.S. Navy spokesman for the peacekeeping forces in Beirut, Lebanon, in the months following the terrorist attacks on U.S. forces there. Snyder received a J.D., summa cum laude, and graduated first in his class from Stetson University College of Law, where he was editor-in-chief of the Stetson Law Review.

ALISON M. STEELE debuted Alison M. Steele, P.A., on Jan. 1, 2017. A lawyer for 32 years, her law practice concentrates in three areas: legal issues affecting journalists and non- fiction publishers; employment law advice; and representing employers and employees in both small and large businesses. Her clients have included the Tampa Bay Times and the for Media Studies. She advises and represents print, digital, audio and film publishers on access to government records and proceedings, defamation and invasion of privacy, and subpoenas. She is a 1987 cum laude graduate of Stetson College of Law. She served as a law clerk to U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas G. (Middle District of Florida). Steele was born and raised in St. Petersburg. She is currently vice chair of the Florida Bar Media & Communications Law Committee.

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13 The Florida Bar and Lawyer Regulation Monday, 3:00 p.m.

FRANCINE ANDÍA WALKER, APR, CPRC, is director of communications for The Florida Bar, a position she has held since 2000. Walker works with Bar leadership on strategic communications and is responsible for media relations, consumer education/awareness programs, the voluntary bar liaison program, law-related education and the website - www.floridabar.org. Nationally accredited in public relations (APR), Walker is also a Certified Public Relations Counselor (CPRC). She has held leadership roles in the Public Relations Society of America/North Florida Chapter and in the Florida Public Relations Association, and served as chair of the Communications Section of Association of Bar Executives (NABE). Before her position at The Florida Bar, Walker worked in hospital and association public relations in Jacksonville. She relocated in 1996 to Tallahassee with the Florida Medical Association as vice president of Communications, Education and Meeting Services. A Jacksonville native, she graduated from Episcopal High School in 1977 and received a B.S. in Journalism from the University of Florida in 1981.

ALI CARDEN SACKETT is director of the Legal Division of The Florida Bar. She has been a member of the Bar since October 2002 and has worked at the Bar since 2007. During her tenure at the Bar, Sackett worked as bar counsel and chief branch discipline counsel for the Tallahassee Branch office and also held the position of associate director of Lawyer Regulation. Sackett received a B.S. with honors in history from the University of Montevallo in Alabama and a J.D. from the Mississippi College School of Law. Before coming to the Bar, Sackett was employed as a senior managing attorney at the Quincy Branch of Legal Services of North Florida, Inc., focusing on family law, domestic violence, dependency and bankruptcy.

PATRICIA ANN TORO SAVITZ received both her undergraduate degree (B.B.A. 1982) and her law degree (J.D. 1985) from the . Savitz is staff counsel for the Lawyer Regulation Department of The Florida Bar. She has been with The Florida Bar since 1997 and was bar counsel with Orlando Branch of The Florida Bar where she handled all aspects of the bar disciplinary proceedings. Prior to that she was as assistant public defender in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Fort Myers. Savitz subsequently handled cases involving abandoned, abused and neglected children as a senior attorney with the Department of Children and Families. She is a recipient of the Pro Bono Award for Government Attorneys and is actively involved in voluntary bar associations and civic programs.

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14 The Florida Bar and Lawyer Regulation (cont.)

RYAN R. DAVIS has spent the last 16 years practicing criminal law in Tallahassee, after moving from Coral Gables where he attended and graduated from the University of Miami School of Law. Davis joined the Office of the State Attorney for the 2nd Judicial Circuit as an assistant state attorney. In that position, he prosecuted hundreds of cases from misdemeanors to serious felonies. With his experience, Davis joined a private firm specializing in criminal defense and spent five years defending people throughout the 2nd judicial circuit, which includes, Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty and Wakulla counties. In 2006, he joined the Jansen Law Office and three years later became a partner with the firm, changing the name to Jansen & Davis. At the firm, Davis has successfully defended cases ranging from second-degree murder to misdemeanor theft. Davis is a member of The Florida Bar, the Federal Bar for the Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, The Tallahassee Bar Association and The Florida Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys. He is also a past chair of a Grievance Committee for the 2nd Judicial Circuit, where he and investigated complaints on behalf of The Florida Bar.

SHANEÉ L. HINSON is bar counsel in The Florida Bar’s Tallahassee Branch Office. She has been a member of the Bar since June 2004 and has worked at the Bar since 2008. Hinson began her tenure at the Bar as staff counsel in the Attorney Consumer Assistance Program (ACAP). She currently holds the dual positions of Bar Counsel for the Second Judicial Circuit Grievance Committees “A” and “B” and Statewide Advertising Counsel. Hinson received a B.S. with honors in Broadcast Journalism and an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership from Florida A&M University. She received a J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law. Before coming to the Bar, Hinson was employed as a senior attorney at the Quincy Branch of Legal Services of North Florida, Inc., focusing on family law, domestic violence, landlord/tenant law and probate.

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15 Dinner Speakers Monday, 7:15 p.m.

CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES CANADY was born in Lakeland in 1954. He received his B.A. from Haverford College in 1976 and his J.D. from the Yale Law School in 1979. Chief Justice Canady practiced law with the firm of Holland and Knight in Lakeland from 1979 through 1982 and with Lane, Trohn, et al., from 1983 through 1992. From November 1984 to November 1990, Chief Justice Canady served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives, and from January 1993 to January 2001, he served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Throughout his service in Congress, Chief Justice Canady was a member of the House Judiciary Committee. For three terms, from January 1995 to January 2001, he was chairman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. After leaving Congress, he became general counsel to Gov. , before being appointed by Gov. Bush to the 2nd District Court of Appeal for a term beginning Nov. 20, 2002. On Aug. 28, 2008, he was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Charlie Crist, and he took office on Sept. 8, 2008. He served as chief justice from July 2010 through June 2012, and was named chief justice again in June 2018. He is married to Jennifer Houghton, and they have two children.

JOHN M. STEWART became the 71st president of The Florida Bar in June. A third- generation lawyer, Stewart is a partner at Rossway Swan Tierney Barry Lacey & Oliver, P.L., in Vero Beach and focuses on alternative dispute resolution and litigation, primarily for probate, real estate and contract disputes. Harnessing technology to better serve clients, lawyers and the public are priorities for Stewart during his year as president. He’s well prepared for that effort by previously heading up a special committee dealing with technology for the Bar in 2016 and serving five years on the Supreme Court’s Technology Commission, appointed twice by the chief justice. He’s a regular speaker about tech developments at venues around the country, including the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOWS. Stewart served as the 19th Circuit representative on the Bar’s Board of Governors for 11 years and as president of the Bar’s Young Lawyers Division in 2006. Stewart earned a B.A. in public policy from the College of William & Mary in 1992 and received his law degree from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law in 1997. In 2018, he received the Judge Walter S. Crumbly Award presented by The Florida Bar’s Solo and Small Firm Section for his outstanding contributions in the area of practice management.

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16 Dinner Speakers (cont.)

JUDGE NINA ASHENAFI-RICHARDSON, known as "Judge Nina," has served as judge in a Leon County Court judge since 2008. She was recently presented by Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Charles T. Canady with the 2019 Distinguished Judicial Service Award, which recognizes outstanding and sustained service to the public, especially as it relates to support of pro bono legal services. Ashenafi-Richardson was first elected in 2008 and re-elected in 2014 without opposition. In addition to her court docket, which includes running Felony Drug Court, Ashenafi-Richardson participates in numerous legal or judicial programs, organizations and committees. Throughout her career, she has been an active member in local bar associations. She is a member of the Founders of Justice of North Florida Legal Services, which has the goal of helping to educate the bench, bar and community about the importance of access to justice for all. Ashenafi-Richardson came to the United States from Ethiopia as a young child. Her late father was a professor of ethnomusicology at the Florida State University School of Music and director of the Center for African-American Culture at FSU, the same university where she would earn her law degree.

Meet the Justices Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.

JUDGE FREDERICK J. LAUTEN (Ret.) served two terms as chief judge of the 9th Circuit before retiring in June 2019. Lauten had been appointed to the Orange County bench in 1993 and to the 9th Circuit bench six years later. During his two decades on the circuit court, Judge Lauten served as an administrative judge for both the circuit criminal and circuit civil divisions. Under his tenure as chief judge, which began in 2014, the circuit increased community outreach through social media and audio podcasts. Judge Lauten endorsed the expansion of problem-solving courts, such as Early Childhood Court and Veterans Court. He also advocated for judicial education and served as dean of the Florida Judicial College from 2006 to 2012 and later as chair of the Education Committee of the Conference of Circuit Court Judges. A native of the Chicago area, Judge Lauten received his B.A. in History in 1975 and his Master’s of Business Administration in 1976, both from Rollins College. He received his J.D. from Villanova University in 1979. Judge Lauten worked as an assistant state attorney in the 9th Judicial Circuit for more than 10 years before being appointed to the bench. The 9th Circuit serves Orange and Osceola counties and is the third-largest circuit in Florida.

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17 Meet the Justices (cont.)

JUSTICE ROBERT J. LUCK was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January. He previously served on the Third District Court of Appeal in Miami, having been appointed in 2017. Prior to that service, he served on the 11th Judicial Circuit Court from September 2013 to March 2017. He presided in the Criminal, Civil, and Appellate Divisions, trying 70 jury trials and hearing dozens of appeals from the county court and municipal agencies. Justice Luck was appointed to the circuit court in 2013 and was elected by the voters of Miami-Dade County to retain his seat in 2016. Before serving on the bench, Justice Luck was an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, working in the office’s Appeals, Major Crimes and Economic Crimes sections. He tried 19 jury trials before the federal district court and argued three appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In his final year in the office, he was a deputy chief in the Major Crimes Section. Earlier in his career, Justice Luck was a legislative correspondent for two U.S. senators, and law clerk and staff attorney to Circuit Judge Edward E. Carnes on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He also served in the appellate section the Greenberg Traurig’s law firm. Justice Luck received his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law magna cum laude.

JUSTICE CARLOS G. MUÑIZ was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Ron DeSantis in January, becoming the 89th justice since statehood was granted in 1845. Prior to joining the Court, he served on the staff of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as the presidentially appointed, Senate-confirmed general counsel of the U.S. Department of Education. In addition to working as an attorney in the federal government and in private practice, Justice Muñiz had an extensive career in Florida state government. He served as the deputy attorney general and chief of staff to Attorney General Pam Bondi; as deputy chief of staff and counsel in the Office of the Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives; as general counsel of the Department of Financial Services; and as deputy general counsel to Gov. Jeb Bush. Justice Muñiz is a graduate of the University of Virginia and of Yale Law School. After law school, he clerked for Judge José A. Cabranes of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for Judge Thomas A. Flannery of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

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18 Elections in Florida: Lessons from 2018 and Outlook for 2020 Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.

SUSAN A. MACMANUS is a distinguished professor emerita at the University of South Florida. During her tenure, she directed the annual USF-Nielsen Sunshine State Survey, the state’s most extensive annual public policy survey of adult Floridians (sunshinestatesurvey.org) and became a voice recognized across the country for her commentary on Florida elections. From 1998 to 2015, she was political analyst for WFLA News Channel 8 (Tampa’s NBC affiliate). In 2016, she became the political analyst for ABC Action News (Tampa’s ABC affiliate.) She has appeared on every major broadcast and cable television and radio network and been interviewed by major newspapers in the United States and abroad. MacManus has authored or co-authored a number of publications on Florida politics, including ““Politics in Florida,” 5th ed.; “Young v. Old: Generational Combat in the 21st Century?” and “Targeting Senior Voters.” MacManus chaired the Florida Elections Commission from 1999-2003. She received her M.A. from the University of Michigan and Ph.D. from Florida State University.

MARK EARLEY became Leon County’s supervisor of elections in January 2017. He began his elections career in 1986 and played an integral role in the adoption of Leon County’s first optical scan paper ballot voting system, which remained in place for more than 20 years. In 2002, Earley joined a major election systems vendor as senior accounts manager, where he managed accounts across the nation, managed deployment of voting systems and state certifications, and was a member of several system design teams. In 2008, he returned to Leon County, as the voting systems manager for Leon County. He oversaw the acquisition and deployment of Leon County’s state-of-the-art paper ballot voting system and helped consolidate operations from four warehouses and one administrative location into the new Leon County Election Center. Earley has a mechanical engineering degree from the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering.

LORI EDWARDS was elected Supervisor of Elections in Polk County in 2000. Prior to that, she served in the Florida State House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000. Edwards began her career as a radio news director and then left radio to become a communications consultant. She is active in the leadership of Florida Association of Supervisors of Elections and is a past president. Edwards earned the designation as a Certified Elections Registration Administrator from The Election Center in association with Auburn University. She was awarded a B.A. degree in Organizational Management from Warner University in Lake Wales and a Professional Certificate in Electoral Processes from the International Centre for Parliamentary Studies.

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19 Elections in Florida: Lessons from 2018 and Outlook for 2020 (cont.)

MARK HERRON, of Messer Caparello, represents public officials and employees in matters relating to the Code of Ethics for public officers and employees before the Florida Commission on Ethics. Additionally, he represents candidates, political committees, political parties, corporate entities and individuals in matters relating to Florida and federal elections laws before administrative agencies, the Legislature and the courts. Herron has a Martindale-Hubbell Rating of AV® Preeminent ™. After receiving his B.A. from Florida State University, Herron attended and earned his J.D. from the Florida State University College of Law.

Lunch with Lucy Morgan Tuesday, 11:45 a.m.

LUCY MORGAN served as chief of the then St. Petersburg Times Capitol Bureau in Tallahassee from January 1986 to January 2006 and associate editor from 1993 to 2006. She served on the board of directors of the Times Publishing Co. from 1991 to 2005 as the board governed the operations of the St. Petersburg Times, , Florida Trend and Governing magazines.

Morgan was named senior correspondent for the Times on Feb. 1, 2006, and began working part time on investigative projects. She retired in 2013 but writes occasional columns for the Tampa Bay Times and the Florida Phoenix and is working on a documentary about drug smuggling in Florida.

During a newspaper career that began in 1965, Morgan won the 1985 for Investigative Reporting, an award shared with Jack Reed of the Times, on a series that led to the ouster of the Pasco County sheriff. She was the runner-up for 1982 Pulitzer in local reporting for a series of stories on drug smuggling and public corruption in Dixie and Taylor counties.

Born in Memphis, Tenn., Morgan grew up in Hattiesburg, Miss. She attended Pasco Hernando Community College in New Port Richey and the University of South Florida. Her first reporting job was at the Ocala Star Banner before she joined the then-St. Petersburg Times in 1968, where she covered crime, government and politics.

In 1973, Morgan was sentenced to eight months in jail after refusing twice to divulge the identity of a news source. Three years later, the Florida Supreme Court overturned her jail sentence and granted reporters a limited right to protect confidential sources. That landmark case continues to provide protection for reporters who refuse to divulge the names of sources.

In 2005, the Florida Senate named its press gallery after her in honor of the 20 years she spent covering the Legislature. In March 2006, Gov. Jeb Bush and the Florida Commission on the Status of Women named her to the Florida Women's Hall of Fame. Morgan was included in the Florida Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2014. continued on next page

20 Public Records: How To Get The Records You Need Tuesday, 1:00 p.m.

PAT GLEASON is Special Counsel for Open Government for Attorney General Ashley Moody. She also has served as for the Florida Commission on Ethics and chief of the Administrative Law Section in the Attorney General’s Office. She is a graduate of the Florida State University College of Law. She also is currently the editor of the Sunshine Manual and the Public Records Guide for Law Enforcement Agencies.

GARY FINEOUT came to POLITICO Florida in February 2019 after spending more than two decades covering Florida politics and government. He spent the previous seven and a half years working in the Tallahassee bureau of The Associated Press. Prior to that, he has worked for The Miami Herald, The New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, the Daytona Beach News-Journal and The . Fineout grew up in Florida and is a graduate of Florida State University.

DARA KAM has spent two decades reporting on Florida government, politics and courts for the New York Times Regional Newspaper Group, Gannett Co., and the Associated Press, where she was part of the award-winning team covering the Florida recount in the 2000 presidential election. Kam’s body of work includes coverage of presidential, gubernatorial, U.S. Senate, congressional, state Cabinet and legislative races. She has provided complex and in-depth coverage of the death penalty, including detailed analyses of state and national court decisions regarding capital punishment, as well as stories that bring home to readers the emotions involved in executions. She has written extensively about state government, guns, prisons, same-sex marriage, medical marijuana and gambling, and has more than a decade of experience covering state and federal court decisions. Kam joined the News Service of Florida as senior writer in 2013.

FRANK D. LOMONTE is a professor and director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information, a First Amendment think-tank with the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications. He was executive director of the Student Press Law Center from 2008-17. He worked in every sector as a lawyer - government, private practice, nonprofit, education - after a career as an investigative reporter and political . He was the capital correspondent for the Florida Times-Union, Washington correspondent for Morris News Service and the Atlanta bureau chief for Morris. He received his bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in 1994 and his J.D. from the School of Law in 2000.

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21 Public Records: How To Get The Records You Need (cont.)

MIKE VASILINDA received a Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Television Journalism in 2005 for his enterprising coverage of the controversial "Felons List" during the 2004 election cycle. Vasilinda is the longest continuously serving member of the Capitol Press Corps. He began his career covering Florida politics while still a student at Florida State University. In January 1974, he founded what is today Florida Public Radio’s "Capitol Report." Today he reports for 10 Florida TV stations and previously produced "Facing Florida," a 30-minute weekly wrap-up of Florida political news that is seen on eight TV stations in seven markets. Vasilinda has been Capitol Bureau Chief for the past 25 years.

A View from the Bench Tuesday, 2:45 p.m.

JUSTICE C. ALAN LAWSON was born in Lakeland. After earning an A.A. degree at Tallahassee Community College, he received a B.S. degree from Clemson University in 1983 and his J.D. from Florida State University in 1987. He was an associate and partner at Steel Hector & Davis in Miami and Tallahassee (1987-1995); general counsel at Verses Wear, Inc. (1996); and assistant county attorney in Orange County (1997-2001). He was a judge in the Ninth Judicial Circuit (2002-2005); a judge on the Fifth District Court of Appeal (2006-2016), serving as chief judge in his final year; and was named to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. in 2016. Justice Lawson is a member of the Budget Oversight Committee; Trial Court Budget Commission; Standing Committee on Fairness & Diversity; Code & Rules of Evidence Committee; Probate Rules Committee; and the Space Planning Committee. He is a member of The Orange County Bar Association. Lawson is a runner who finished the Boston Marathon in 2008.

22 The 2019 Susan Spencer-Wendel Lifetime Achievement Award award winner is:

winner Barbara Petersen, President, First Amendment Foundation

Barbara's knowledge, passion and dedication for an honest and transparent government is a legacy for all Floridians to treasure.

The Susan Spencer-Wendel Award is for lifetime achievement in support of Florida Journalism and is presented by The Florida Bar's Media and Communications Law Committee.

Oct. 28 - 29, 2019 Judicial Meeting Room Florida Supreme Court

Tallahassee

23 The media & communications law committee of the ­ florida bar thanks the following sponsors for their ­ generous support of the ­ 30th annual reporters' workshop RECEPTIONS ­

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24 The media & communications law committee of the ­ florida bar thanks the following sponsors for their ­ generous support of the ­ 30th annual reporters' workshop RECEPTIONS ­

Relatable Communications Group, run by founder/CEO Nancy Kinnally, is a full- service marketing and public relations agency focused on legal, medical, and start-up companies and nonprofit organizations. Based in Central Florida, the group is made up of a statewide network of writers, editors, web designers, photographers, videographers, social media and SEO experts, and other creative minds. Kinnally directed communications for The Florida Bar Foundation from 2001-2018. She earned her bachelor's degree in English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a master's degree in mass communication and Latin American studies at the University of Florida. Kinnally can be reached at [email protected]. https://relatablecommunicationsgroup.com/

Alison M. Steele, P.A. debuted on Jan. 1, 2017. A lawyer for 32 years, her law practice has concentrated in three main areas: legal issues affecting journalists and non-fiction publishers, employment law advice and representation for employers and employees in both small and large businesses and civil litigation and appeals in complex matters in Florida’s state and federal courts. Steele is a skilled advocate for her clients, in business matters and in courtrooms. She is nationally known for her work before Florida's state and federal trial and appellate courts. She is an internationally known speaker and advocate for the First Amendment. https://asteelelaw.com/

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25 The media & communications law committee of the ­ florida bar thanks the following sponsors for their ­ generous support of the ­ 30th annual reporters' workshop RECEPTIONS ­

Thomas & LoCicero is a Florida-based law firm built on a commitment to free speech, a free press, and the success of its clients. Thomas & LoCicero doesn't try to be all things to all people. Instead with the focus and client-based attention of a boutique firm, the firm litigates business disputes, protects intellectual property, and provides advice and expertise on data privacy and security. Every day, in court and out, the firm strives to give voice to its clients stories. https://www.tlolawfirm.com/

The Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida exists to advance understanding, appreciation and support for freedom of information in the state of Florida, the nation and the world. Through education and promotion of freedom of information laws and policies, the Center seeks to foster open government and a participatory democracy. In addition, The Brechner Center serves the public with information about the First Amendment, freedom of information, and access to government information issues. http://brechner.org/

26 Florida Supreme Court Thank Sunday, Oct. 27 Hon. Charles T. Canady, Chief Justice Hon. Ricky Polston you Hon. Jorge Labarga Hon. C. Alan Lawson Hon. Hon. Robert J. Luck Hon. Carlos G. Muñiz

The Florida Bar

John M. Stewart, President Dori Foster-Morales, President-elect Joshua E. Doyle, Executive Director

Workshop Materials

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