Media Law in the Digital Age Conference, Oct. 22, 2011

Kennesaw State University, outside of Atlanta

The Media Law in the Digital Age conference is a must attend for anyone who publishes online content or works in digital media and for media law professors. Whether you are blogger, social media strategist, media attorney, academic or a journalist, the rules in digital media law are constantly changing.  The best way to protect your organization . . . and yourself is to know what the rules are today.

Network with 24 nationally renown speakers from The New York Times, Harvard University, CNN, Dow Lohnes, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and more. 

Co-produced by the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard University’s Berkman Center and the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University.

Hosted on the campus of Kennesaw State University, outside of Atlanta, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011.

Register via this announcement and use this special code for a 15% discount:   MLDA11 

 http://sustainablejournalism.org/mlda11/

Here is the code for the $14 special student rate that can be used at registration: MLDA11Student 

Breakout topics to be covered:

·         WikiLeaks aftermath on freedom of information

·         Is Recording in Public a Crime?  Mobile Devices and Newsgathering

·         Social Media and the Law: Where Your Personal Life Meets Journalism

·         Generating Revenue Legally via Advertising, Branding, and Buzz

·          Apps and Wireless: Your Unfolding Legal Rights and Liabilities

·         Building, Managing Online Community without Getting Sued

·         Copyright: Using the Work of Others and Licensing Your Own Work

A sampling of speakers:

·         David McCraw, vice president and assistant general counsel of The New York Times;

·         Jeff Hermes, director of the Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard University’s Berkman Center;

·         Lesli Gaither, libel and invasion of privacy attorney, Dow Lohnes;

·         Victor Hernandez, director of domestic newsgathering, CNN;

·         Carlos Miller, publisher of Photography is Not a Crime;

·         Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press;

·         Clay Calvert, director, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, University of Florida.

·         See full speaker line up here: http://sustainablejournalism.org/mlda11/speakers-2

See the entire agenda here: http://sustainablejournalism.org/mlda11/

Register via this announcement and use this special code for a 15% discount:   MLDA11 

http://sustainablejournalism.org/mlda11/

For more information on Media Law in the Digital Age Conference, contact Carole Arnold at 770.423.6924 or [log in to unmask].

    Leonard Witt
    Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication
    Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Journalism
    Kennesaw State University, 1000 Chastain Road, #2207
    Kennesaw, GA 30144
    770 423-6925,  [log in to unmask]
    Blog: PJNet.org,    Twitter: LeonardWitt