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The Future of Digital Journalism at the Berkman Center

Posted onMarch 13th, 2010 by Mike Madison

The Berkman Center’s Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic present “Journalism’s Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities”

Friday, April 9, 2010
10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Harvard Law School
1563 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

This one-day symposium and CLE program will celebrate the launch of the Online Media Legal Network and bring together panels of academics, legal practitioners, and journalists to tackle a range of challenging topics.

Registration Details

To register or for more information, please visit http://www.omln.org/conference.

Cost is $275 ($225 if registration is received before March 22), which includes all CLE/course materials and lunch. A limited number of discounted tickets are available for $50 (not including lunch) to public interest lawyers and those working for nonprofits.

Panels:
Saving Journalism from Itself? Hot News, Copyright Fair Use and News Aggregation
Michael Grygiel – Hiscock & Barclay, LLP (outside counsel for GateHouse Media)
R. David Hosp – Goodwin Procter LLP (outside counsel for the New York Times)
Srinandan Kasi – Vice President and General Counsel, Associated Press
Joseph Liu – Professor, Boston College Law School
Moderated by: Christopher Bavitz – Assistant Director, Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University

Building and Managing Online Communities – Anonymity, Defamation and Privacy, Oh My!
Patrick Carome – Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Bill Densmore – Consultant to Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute at University of Missouri and co-founder of CircLabs Inc.
Eric Goldman – Associate Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law
Jeff Howe – Contributing editor at Wired.com and author of Crowdsourcing
Barbara Wall – Vice President/Senior Associate General Counsel, Gannett Co., Inc.
Moderated by: David Ardia – Director, Citizen Media Law Project, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University

The Future of Journalism: Law and Ethics in a Changing Media Ecosystem
Robert Bertsche – Prince Lobel Glovsky & Tye LLP
Lucy Dalglish – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Jon Hart – General Counsel, Online News Association; Dow Lohnes PLLC
Dan Kennedy – Assistant Professor, School of Journalism, Northeastern University
Josh Stearns – Program Manager, Freepress.net and SavetheNews.org
Cameron Stracher – Co-Director, Program in Law & Journalism, New York Law School
Moderated by: Phil Malone – Clinical Professor of Law and Director, Cyberlaw Clinic, Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University