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When Open Government And Academic Freedom Collide, Jonathan Peters
When Open Government And Academic Freedom Collide, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
Uneasy is the balance between open government and academic freedom. Scholars have argued that using public records laws to obtain their emails is a form of harassment and intimidation. Nonprofits and political parties have argued that the public has a right to know that scholars are following university rules and properly using public resources. Against that backdrop, we have explored whether public records laws apply to faculty members and whether an exemption in those laws for academic freedom would be conceptually sound and consistent with other exemptions for communications and work product.
One Journalist, Two Roles: What Happens When Journalists Also Work As Media Coordinators?, Jonathan Peters
One Journalist, Two Roles: What Happens When Journalists Also Work As Media Coordinators?, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
Individuals interacting with society possess multiple roles, and yet the study of journalistic role conceptions, based on the assumption that role conceptions influence journalistic outputs, has not addressed the idea that journalists possess multiple roles inside and outside the field. A peculiar arrangement in Missouri is the appointment of journalists to serve as media coordinators for the courts. Using a symbolic interactionism framework, we explore how media coordinators experience this duality of roles.
Institutionalizing Press Relations At The Supreme Court: The Origins Of The Public Information Office, Jonathan Peters
Institutionalizing Press Relations At The Supreme Court: The Origins Of The Public Information Office, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
At the Supreme Court, the press is the primary link between the justices and the public, and the Public Information Office (PIO) is the primary link between the justices and the press. This paper explores the story of the PIO’s origins, providing the most complete account to date of its early history. That story is anchored by the major events of several eras—from the Great Depression policymaking of the 1930s to the social and political upheaval of the 1970s. It is also defined by the three men who built and shaped the office in the course of 40 years.
“People Who Aren’T Really Reporters At All, Who Have No Professional Qualifications”: Defining A Journalist And Deciding Who May Claim The Privileges, Jonathan Peters
“People Who Aren’T Really Reporters At All, Who Have No Professional Qualifications”: Defining A Journalist And Deciding Who May Claim The Privileges, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
In July, a federal appeals court ruled that a New York Times reporter must testify in the criminal trial of a former CIA officer accused of improperly disclosing classified information. In May, the DOJ confirmed it had obtained months of phone records of AP reporters and a “portfolio of information” about a Fox News correspondent. Criticism from the press and public was swift, and in response, the administration attempted to reas- sure the press that it would not be conscripted into the service of law enforcement. President Obama urged Congress to rein- troduce a federal shield bill that would allow …
Explicating The Concept Of Journalist: How Scholars, Legal Experts And The Industry Define Who Is And Who Isn’T, Jonathan Peters
Explicating The Concept Of Journalist: How Scholars, Legal Experts And The Industry Define Who Is And Who Isn’T, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
This paper explicates the concept of journalist by exploring the scholarly, legal and industry domains. For the scholarly domain, we reviewed studies defining journalists. For the legal domain, we reviewed cases and statutes defining journalists. And for the industry domain, we reviewed membership criteria of journalism organizations. We did not intend to devise a normative definition. We intended to explore the dimensions used by others, and to use them to explicate the concept of journalist.
Student Journalists V. School Administrators: A More Structured Way To Resolve Disputes, Jonathan Peters
Student Journalists V. School Administrators: A More Structured Way To Resolve Disputes, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
Public schools have wrestled for decades with the boundaries of free expression. Although students do not enjoy the same First Amendment rights as adults, they do not shed those rights at the schoolhouse gate. Disputes between student journalists and school administrators are common, and because they take place in the school environment, they have the potential to be disruptive. Student journalists and school administrators need a structured way to address and resolve those disputes.
Wikileaks Would Not Qualify To Claim Federal Reporter’S Privilege In Any Form, Jonathan Peters
Wikileaks Would Not Qualify To Claim Federal Reporter’S Privilege In Any Form, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
This article addresses whether WikiLeaks could claim a federal reporter’s privilege if the U.S. government or a U.S. entity tried to compel one of the site’s staff members to disclose the source(s) of any documents it has released. After exploring the origins of the First Amendment-based privilege, I argue that WikiLeaks would not be able to claim it. First, the website does not engage in investigative reporting. Second, it has not taken steps consistently to minimize harm. I also discuss congressional attempts to pass a federal shield law, paying special attention to H.R. 985 and S. 448, the two most …
Wikileaks, The First Amendment, And The Press, Jonathan Peters
Wikileaks, The First Amendment, And The Press, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
This article focuses on one question: When can the government, consonant with the First Amendment, punish the publication of classified information related to national security? To that end, Part I outlines the constitutional standards that could apply to such a prosecution of WikiLeaks. Part II discusses whether WikiLeaks is part of the press and whether that matters for constitutional purposes. Part III concludes by urging the Justice Department to consider carefully whether it should prosecute WikiLeaks.
Police Tactics For Video Deserve Fierce Resistance, Jonathan Peters
Police Tactics For Video Deserve Fierce Resistance, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
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Handbook For Community-Funded Reporting, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Jonathan Peters
Handbook For Community-Funded Reporting, Reynolds Journalism Institute, Jonathan Peters
Jonathan Peters
Spot.Us is a success as an experiment in new revenue sources to finance journalism. Going forward, two issues are worth developing. How do we turn the open-source experiment into a sustainable business? Secondly, how do we evangelize the concept to the larger journalism industry? Importantly, the concept of crowdfunding is larger than any single organization. In the first Web revolution of the late ‘90's, companies like PayPal, eBay and Amazon revolutionized how we purchased items online. In Web 2.0 we are seeing social principles applied to our purchasing habits, creating companies like Groupon and Kickstarter. Spot.Us is an application of …