UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Ph.D. student Liz Woolery will participate in The Cleveland City Club’s 2011 Conference on Free Speech Oct. 11, 2011. The one-day conference brings together scholars, media practitioners and lawyers to discuss free speech issues facing the fields of politics and journalism. In advance of the event, Liz is blogging about free speech news and issues on the Club’s blog.
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Students to Present Media Law Research
Five UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduate students have had media law research papers accepted for presentation at the August 2011 convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. One of the students, Roxane Coche, won third place in the student paper competition. The judging was done through a process of blind review. The convention will be in St. Louis, Mo.
These are the students and the titles of their papers:
Ph.D. student Kelly Davis: “Unknown Knowns: Judicial Review and Mosaic Theory in the Years of the George W. Bush Administration.”
Ph.D. student Roxane Coche: “’Blurring’ and ‘Tarnishment’: How Federal Courts Have Applied the 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act Standards.” ** Third-place student paper.
Ph.D. student Scott Parrott: “Might This ‘Legal Attack Dog’ Have Much Bite? Righthaven, Fair Use and the Unauthorized Reproduction of News Content Online.”
Ph.D. graduate and adjunct professor Dean Smith: “Journalist Privilege in 1929: The Quest for a Federal Shield Law Begins.”
Master’s student Gillian Wheat: “Retransmission Consent: An Exploration of its Past, Present and Future.”
Ph.D. Grad to Publish Shield Law Research
Dean Smith, who received his Ph.D. in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication in May 2011, has had an article accepted for publication in the “Journal of Media Law and Ethics” this summer. The article is “Journalist Privilege in 1929: The Quest for a Federal Shield Law Begins.”
In his article, Smith uses a critical legal history approach to explore the first attempts to persuade Congress to adopt a federal shield law and explains the lasting impact of those events. This is the first scholarly treatment of the events, and the article incorporates original historical research. The theoretical lens through which the events are viewed is borrowed from Michael Gerhardt, a well-known constitutional-law scholar on the faculty of the UNC School of Law. The article is based on Smith’s dissertation research.
Smith is an adjunct professor in the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He teaches media law and newswriting.
First Dual-Degree Student Graduates in May
The first student to complete the dual-degree program offered under the auspices of the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy will graduate May 8, 2011. The student, Nora Sullivan, will recieve a J.D. from the UNC School of Law and a master’s degree from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Nora worked as a staff writer on the First Amendment Law Review during the 2009-2010 academic year and served as the journal’s executive editor in 2010-2011. Her note, “Insincere Apologies: The Tenth Circuit’s Treatment of Compelled Speech in Public High Schools,” was published in the Spring 2010 edition of the journal.
Nora also was awarded the third- place student paper prize in the Law and Policy Division at the 2009 AEJMC Southeast Colloquium.
During the school year, Nora worked as the graduate assistant for the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy and was awarded a Roy H. Park Fellowship from the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication. She held the following summer jobs: research assistant for UNC School of Law Professor Deborah Gerhardt; intern for Hon. Carol A. Dalton, associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and summer fellow for the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.
After graduation, Nora will serve as a law clerk for Hon. Carol A. Dalton in Washington, D.C.
Research prizes and presentations
Six UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication graduate students and one faculty member have had media law research papers accepted for presentation at the Southeast Colloquium for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication in Columbia, S.C., March 17-19, 2011. Among their papers are the first and second-place prize winners in the student paper competition.
These are the authors and the titles of their papers:
- Jonathan D. Jones (M.A./J.D. dual-degree student), top student paper, “Personal Jurisdiction and Internet Libel: Why the First Amendment Should Have a Role in the Decision to Exercise Jurisdiction.”
- Roxanne Coche (Ph.D. student), second-place student paper, “Blurring and Tarnishment: How Federal Court Have Applied the 2006 Trademark Dilution Revision Act Standards.”
- Scott Parrott (Ph.D. student), “Does ‘Free Press’ Mean It’s Free to Use? Fair Use and the Unauthorized Reproduction of News Content Online.”
- Gillian Wheat (master’s student), “Retransmission Consent: An Exploration of its Past, Present and Future.”
- Lydia E. Wilson (master’s student), “Felony Use of an Audio-Enabled Video Phone or Political Speech? All-party Consent Anti-Wiretapping Statutes and the Public’s Right to Monitor Police Work.”
- Stephanie Soucheray-Grell (master’s student), “The Drug-Maker and the Doctor: Recent FDA Warning Letters and Direct-to-Professional Promotional Speech.”
- Debashis “Deb” Aikat, associate professor, with Nikhil Moro of the University of North Texas, “Adjudicating Libel: Freedom of Expression Theory in the Digital Age.”
Congratulations, everyone!