2019 ­ Reporters' ­ Workshop ­ O C T OBE R 2 8 -2 9 , 2 0 1 9 Tallahassee, Florida floridabar.org/news/resources/rpt-nbk #TFBRW2019 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 it 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. Informal discussions. All comments made in informal conversations, including mealtime conversations, among participants and panelists are on background, meaning the speaker may not be quoted by name or title but may be quoted in a generic manner that reasonably masks the speaker's identity. A speaker may designate a greater restriction before or immediately after making a comment. 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 Associated Press (Tallahassee) reporters' Karina Elwood – University of Florida’s Fresh Take Florida Javonni Hampton - WFSU-TV/The Florida Channel workshop (Tallahassee) Alex Harris – Miami 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 – Treasure Coast Newspapers/ TCPalm.com (Stuart) Kylie McGivern – ABC Action News Tampa Devan Patel – Naples Daily News Payne Ray – The Leesburg Daily Commercial Megan Reeves – Tampa Bay Times Courtney Robinson – WTSP 10 News (St. Petersburg) Jessica Rodriguez – Naples Daily News Allison Ross – Tampa Bay Times 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 City) Oct. 28 - 29, 2019 Christy Turner - Action News Jax/WJAX-TV Judicial Meeting Room (Jacksonville) Florida Supreme Court Jada Williams – WTXL ABC 27 (Tallahassee) Tallahassee Colleen Wright – Miami Herald 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 9:45 - 10:00 a.m. BREAK continued on next page 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, Journalist, 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. The New York Times Moderator: Tom Julin, Partner, Gunster, P.A., Miami Jim Beasley, Jr., Managing member, The Beasley Firm, LLC, Philadelphia 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 BREAK Florida 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 4:00 p.m. AFTERNOON INTERMISSION continued on next page 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 Elections in Florida: 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 11:30 - 11:45 a.m. BREAK continued on next page 6 Tuesday, Oct. 29 (cont.) 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. LUNCH Speaker: Lucy Morgan, 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, POLITICO 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. JUSTICE RICKY POLSTON is a justice on the Panelists Supreme Court of Florida. A native of Graceville, he earned his bachelor’s degree, summa cum laude, in 1977 from Florida State University 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. Charlie Crist. 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 Gannett Newspapers before attending law school. continued on next page 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.