MEMBER CENTER
SESSIONS - FRIDAY, APRIL 19
LUNCH / NETWORKING / CHECK IN: WELCOME REPORTERS!
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, 11:15am - 12:45pm
Introduction to Reporters Workshop 2024
12:45pm - 1:00pm
Amy Mohan, Sherrard Roe Voigt Harbison
Chris Baker, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters
Julia Wilburn, Tennessee Bar Association
Session 1: Copyright
1:00pm - 1:45pm
Keane Barger, LOEB
Tim Warnock, LOEB
Materials: Barger/Warnock Handout
Session 2: Reporters Privilege
1:45pm - 2:15pm
Jennifer Safstrom, Vanderbilt University
Break: 2:15pm - 2:30pm
Session 3: An Inside Look at Investigative Journalism
2:30pm - 3:45pm
Moderator: Amy Mohan, Sherrard, Roe, Voigt, Harbison
Meribah Knight, WPLN News
Phil Williams, NewsChannel 5 Investigative Reporter
Break: 3:45pm - 4:00pm
Session 4: Access to Government: Open Records
4:00pm - 5:15pm
Paul McAdoo, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Deborah Fisher, Tennessee Coalition for Open Government
Materials - PowerPoint McAdoo/Fisher
Happy Hour / Networking
6:00pm - 7:30pm
2408 Lebanon Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
SESSIONS - SATURDAY, APRIL 20
Networking & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:00am
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters
Session 1: Covering State & Local Government
9:00am - 10:15am
Moderator: Clint Brewer, Imperium Public Strategies
Bill Young, Bureau of Ethics & Campaign Finance
Steve Cavendish, Nashville Banner
Alex Apple, Office of the Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell
Break: 10:15am - 10:30am
Session 2: Pre-Publication Exercise / Defamation Overview
10:30am - 11:45am
Ron Harris, Neal & Harwell
Lunch Break
11:45am - 12:15pm
Session 3: Covering the Courts: A View from the Bench
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Moderator: Robb Harvey, Holland & Knight, LLP, Nashville
Judge Valerie Smith, Circuit Court Judge, 30th Judicial District (Shelby County)
Chancellor Anne Martin, Part II of the Chancery Court (Davidson County)
