On April 1, 2008 the Yale Law School Law and Media program hosted a panel discussion on the process of investigating, editing, vetting, and reporting high-profile stories. The panelists included: Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News; John Zucker, Senior Vice-President, Law & Regulation, ABC News; Jeff Leen, Investigations Editor, The Washington Post; and Eric Lieberman, Vice President and General Counsel, The Washington Post. Each panelist offered their views about the intersection between law and journalism, ethical and legal obligations, and the roles that attorneys and reporters play in reporting controversial news.
Read transcript of the panel.
Read news article about the panel.
View a photo gallery of the panel.
On May 20-23, 2008 Yale University hosted the 18th annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference at the Omni Hotel in New Haven. The conference, subtitled "Technology Policy '08," was sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, AOL, and Google, in conjunction with the Yale Law School Information Society Project and the Law and Media Program. The conference included workshops and tutorials examining a wide range of topics related to the future of computing, privacy and freedom in the online world--from data mining, wiretapping, e-voting, and electronic medical records, to file sharing, open access, social networks, and online anonymity. A networking reception for journalists and other participants in the Law and Media program was also included.
Other recent events include a Dean’s Program on the Profession lecture by Joel Hyatt ’76, the founder and CEO of Current TV. In addition, the entire Alumni Weekend 2007 was devoted to "21st Century Democracy: Elections, Media, and Politics," featuring panels on “The Next Generation of Law and Media” and “The Media Covering Elections: Heroes or Villains?”