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Coast Guard’s web-based news site on Gulf oil spill may provide model for covering future disasters

donal brown May 6, 2010

The Coast Guard’s Deepwater Horizen Response site created in 24 hours to cover the Gulf oil spill has been so successful in providing photos and information about the spill that some say the site could become a model for how government disseminates information during disasters. -d NextGov May 5, 2010 By Bob Brewin Crisis management in an Internet-driven news cycle demands a fast response. So after an explosion rocked a drilling rig in the Gulf

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Opinion: Time for bloggers to gain protections afforded traditional media

donal brown March 2, 2010

With more of the public gaining their news from online sources rather than print media and using the social media to become more interactive and participatory in accessing the news, a CMLP blogger argues that bloggers should be entitled to the same protection as mainstream press. -db Citizen Media Law Project Commentary March 1, 2010 By Andrew Moshirnia Well, it turns out this whole Internet thing is getting pretty popular. According to the Pew Internet

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Prop 8 hearing: Strict enforcement of laws against assault needed rather than curtailing TV coverage

donal brown January 12, 2010

A Citizen Media Law Project blogger argues that the Supreme Court should recognize that it is against California law to assault witnesses and that not televising the proceedings will not protect witnesses in what promises to be a widely publicized event. To allow the broadcast on YouTube would provide a boost to freedom of the press and greater access for millions of Americans who would then be able to see our justice system at work.

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Media project publishes guide to live-blogging in courts

donal brown December 14, 2009

The Citizen Media Law Project has published a guide to live coverage in courts using the social media. Since not all judges allow electronic devices and local laws sometimes prohibit the devices, it is important to know how to avoid legal problems in live-blogging or tweeting in the courtroom.-DB Citizen Media Law Project December 10, 2009 By David Ardia As part of our legal guide series on documenting public proceedings and events, today we published

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Judge removes barrier to New Jersey exit polling

donal brown October 27, 2009

Saying that he had never found evidence that exit polling created disorder at a polling place, a federal judge issued an injunction against New Jersey in its attempts to ban the polling with 100 feet of polling places. -DB Reporters Committee on Freedom of the Press October 26, 2009 By Rory Eastburg Judge blocks New Jersey ban on exit polling A federal judge in New Jersey issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking that state’s attempt

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