By Bryan, on August 31st, 2010%
Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and the Center for Sustainable Journalism are hosting a one-day Media Law in the Digital Age workshop at Kennesaw State on Saturday, September 25
Len Witt, who heads the CSJ, mentions that there are a few student scholarships available to reduce costs to $14.99 instead of the full $69.
The . . . → Read More: Media Law in the Digital Age workshop Sept. 25
By Bryan, on October 29th, 2009%
Logan Aimone, director of ACP/NSPA, led a live chat for the Poynter Institute about teaching moderating online comments, a topic that comes up about every six months or so. There was some great discussion in the chat, which is archived here: How Do I Teach Online Comment . . . → Read More: Teaching moderating comments – Poynter live chat
By Bryan, on January 12th, 2009%
Via a thread on the CMA listserv, Frank LoMonte at the Student Press Law Center points out an SPLC podcast (I didn’t even know they were doing podcasts!) “in which legal experts Steve Zansberg and Robert Becker discuss how to minimize your risk of unpleasant confrontations with police when attending high-security events like the inaugural. Â Steve . . . → Read More: SPLC podcast timely for the inauguration
By Bryan, on October 7th, 2008%
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeHere’s an interesting angle on the debate tonight at Belmont University in Nashville: Hack the Debate. I missed it the first two times around, but it might be easier to handle than CNN’s fever chart of undecided voters.
Current TV will broadcast the debate live and overlay debate-related Twitter messages in near-real . . . → Read More: Hack the debate: Twitter plus current.tv
By Bryan, on September 3rd, 2008%
This is ridiculous.
Two UK students and the photo adviser for the Kentucky Kernel were arrested at the Republican National Convention Monday afternoon in St. Paul, Minn., on charges of felony rioting. They were photographing the protesting of the convention.Photographers Ed Matthews and Britney McIntosh and adviser Jim Winn were three of 286 people arrested as convention . . . → Read More: Kernel photogs, adviser arrested at RNC
By Bryan, on August 19th, 2008%
Image via Wikipedia Adam Hemphill writes about a recent case of an attempt by administrators to control online content for a college newspaper through a somewhat unique avenue – demanding access to the newspaper’s web server if the server is purchased by the university.
Seattle Pacific University’s Falcon student newspaper is in the crosshairs in the Seattle . . . → Read More: Archives and administration control
By Bryan, on July 17th, 2008%
Image via WikipediaThis is almost a week late, but I wanted to chime in on the topic of this month’s Carnival of Journalism, hosted by my good friend Doug Fisher of the University of South Carolina (USC of the East).
This months’ Carnival of Journalism features the following topic:
 What changes will need to be made in national . . . → Read More: Carnival of Journalism: a world of legal issues
By Bryan, on April 1st, 2008%
The Daily Eastern News online edition has been getting some pretty nasty comments lately about a pair of stories with some controversy surrounding the topic matter. As a result, the editor, online editor, and a host of us advisers have been knocking around a new comment policy to attach to the comments on dennews.com (scroll down . . . → Read More: iBrattleboro reminder on CDA 230 protections
By Bryan, on March 24th, 2008%
As an update to the previous post, below is the online archives policy of the GWHatchet. Thanks to Howard Marshall for the info, which is in their policy manual, but also not online yet.
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By Bryan, on March 24th, 2008%
The College Media Advisers members-only listserv has been buzzing lately about online archives policies. Apparently, everyone is discovering that their names show up in online searches, so every split infinitive and muddle-headed article they wrote for the college paper (not to mention “youthful indiscretions”) is coming back on them like heartburn after 8 pieces of pizza.
This is nothing new. I wrote about it for Keeping Free Presses Free for the last two years (here’s an online version of the article).
Gerry Hamilton at the Penn State Daily Collegian posted their online archives policy to the listserv. The policy is not online yet, so I got his permission to repost it here for people who may not have access to the listserv, and also so it’ll show up in search results. I’ll add more examples as I come across them.
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