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Berkeley city council faces test on Sunshine Ordinance

donal brown April 19, 2010

A concerned Berkeley resident writes that the meeting this week on the city’s plan for Bus Rapid Transit should be held at a venue that accommodates the throngs that intend to show up to express their opinions on the plan. -db The Berkeley Daily Planet Commentary April 15, 2010 By Dean Metzger The city council has said it will hold a special meeting to hear public testimony concerning the staff proposed “Locally Preferred Alternate” (LPA) for

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Student video journalist in trouble again, this time at UC Berkeley

donal brown April 16, 2010

A student journalist from UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism faces prosecution for being present during a standoff with police in Wheeler Hall where students protested budget cuts last fall. The student claims he was there as a journalist rather than as a protestor. -db San Francisco Chronicle April 16, 2010 By Nanette Asimov A Bay Area video journalist who spent 7 1/2 months in federal prison three years ago for withholding information from officials

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Pennsylvania online student speech cases slated for June review

donal brown April 15, 2010

In the face of two conflicted rulings in online student speech cases, a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania nullified the rulings pending a hearing in June by the full appeals court panel.  At issue is the standard for the extent to which a school can discipline a student for off-campus speech. -db Student Press Law Center April 13, 2010 By Katie Maloney PENNSYLVANIA — The 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Pennsylvania ordered on

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Former National Security Agency official indicted for providing classified information on agency’s flawed modernization program

donal brown April 15, 2010

A federal grand jury indicted a former National Security Agency official for leaking government records to a reporter relating to the agency’s failings to upgrade its systems to more efficiently sort the huge amount of data gathered from e-mails, phone calls and other electronic communications. First Amendment advocates fear the indictment will have a chilling effect on reporters and sources exposing maters of great interest to the public.  -db The New York Times April 15,

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Financial site appeals court ban on bank ‘hot news’ stock recommendations

donal brown April 15, 2010

Suffering a loss of subscribers, a financial newsletter is asking a court to rescind its order for the site to stop publishing early morning stock recommendations. The newsletter claimed its First Amendment right was violated since the early morning news was reported on other sites and in the public domain. -db Online Media Daily April 14, 2010 By Wendy Davis The financial newsletter TheFlyonthewall.com says that it’s losing subscribers due to a court order banning

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