TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Feb 2, 2015

Middle Tennessee State University will host a discussion next Tuesday on the First Amendment aspects of last summer’s unrest in Ferguson, Missouri. Speakers include St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer and videographer David Carson, St. Louis 21st Ward Alderman Antonio French and USA Today reporter Yamiche Alcindor. The trio will provide insights into media coverage and criminal justice elements of a high-profile news story such as the Ferguson protests. The event, “From the Front Lines of Ferguson: Covering the New Civil Rights Movement,” will begin at 7 p.m. in the Tucker Theater and is free to the public. The Tennessean has more.