AGENDA 

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SESSIONS - FRIDAY, APRIL 22

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CHECK IN: WELCOME REPORTERS!

Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, 12:30pm - 1:00pm

 

INTRODUCTION TO REPORTERS WORKSHOP

1:00pm - 1:15pm

Paul McAdoo, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Ron Harris, Neal & Harwell

Brenda Heidt, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

Barry Kolar, Tennessee Bar Association

 

SESSION ONE: TWO VERY SHORT COURSES: COPYRIGHT (CAN I USE THAT) 

& LEGAL AND JUDICIAL ETHICS (WHY WON'T THEY TALK WITH ME?)

1:15pm - 2:15pm

Lucian Pera, Adams and Reese

Materials - Pera

 

SESSION TWO: RIGHT TO RECORD / DRONE LAW

2:15pm - 3:30pm

Mickey Osterreicher, National Press Photographers Association

 

SESSION THREE: DEFAMATION AN PREPUBLICATION REVIEW EXERCISE

3:45pm - 5:00pm

Rick Hollow, Hollow & Hollow, LLC

Materials - Hollow reference documents

 

SESSION FOUR: REPORTER'S PRIVILEGE

5:00pm - 5:30pm

Doug Pierce, King & Ballow

Materials - Tennessee Reporter's Shield Law

Materials - Pierce Handout

 

NETWORKING EVENT & RECEPTION

6:30pm - 8:30pm

Maggiano's West End

Thank you to our evening event sponsor Neal & Harwell!

 

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SESSIONS - SATURDAY, APRIL 23

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NETWORKING & BREAKFAST

8:30am - 9:00am

Tennessee Association of Broadcasters

Thank you to our breakfast sponsor Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison!

 

SESSION ONE: ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT: OPEN RECORDS, OPEN MEETINGS, AND OPEN COURTS

9:00am - 10:15am

Moderator: Harriet Wallace, Wallace Media Group

Ron Harris, Neal & Harwell

Deborah Fisher, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government

Materials - Fisher presentation

 

SESSION 2: AN INSIDE LOOK AT INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

10:15am - 11:45am

Moderator: Paul McAdoo, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press

Marc Perrusquia, Institute for Public Service Reporting, University of Memphis

Meribah Knight, WPLN News

Zaneta Lowe, WREG Memphis

 

LUNCH BREAK (GRAB A BOXED LUNCH)

11:45am - 12:15pm

Thank you to our lunch sponsor Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis!

 

SESSION THREE: COVERING STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT

12:15pm - 1:30pm

Moderator: Adam Friedman, The Tennessean

Bill Young, Bureau of Ethics & Campaign Finance Ethics

Blaise Gainey, WPLN News

Bob Mendes, Nashville Metro Council

Materials - Young PowerPoint

 

SESSION FOUR: COVERING THE COURTS: A VIEW FROM THE BENCH

1:30pm - 2:45pm

Moderator: Robb Harvey, Waller, Lansden, Dortch & Davis

Ana L. Escobar, General Session Judge, Division III

Valerie Smith, Circuit Court Judge, 30th Judicial District

O. Duane Slone, Circuit Court Judge, 4th Judicial District

Materials - Harvey PowerPoint: The Media and the Courts