Football and the First Amendment at Carolina

Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/27/2011
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm

Parking tickets, FERPA and the football program’s no-tweeting policy for players.  The rights of the media vs. the rights of players and coaches.  All these topics will be discussed as part of a panel discussion of role of the free press in investigating NCAA and Honor Court violations by UNC football players and coaches and possible violations of the rights of players.  Panelists will be former UNC safety Deunta Williams; Daily Tar Heel senior writer (and freelancer for SI.com, The News & Observer and Carolina Blue magazine) Jonathan Jones; News & Observer investigative reporter Dan Kane; and Dr. Ruth Walden, the James Howard and Hallie McLean Parker Distinguished Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication. Moderating will be Sarah Sessoms, an undergraduate journalism and exercise and sport medicine major.  This discussion is being planned by JOMC Associate Professor Andy Bechtel.  We promise there will be ample time for questions from the audience!