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Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
UK ICO Issues Guidance on Data Protection and Journalism
On September 4, 2014, the UK Information Commissioner's Office published guidance on data protection for the media that explains how the UK Data Protection Act 1998 applies to journalism and…
Media Law Prof Blog
Mary Mapes’ Book About Dan Rather and President Bush’s Air National Guard Service Coming To the Big Screen
Robert Redford will play Dan Rather in Truth, the film based on former CBS producer Mary Mapes' book about the "Rathergate" debacle that cost Ms. Mapes her position at the…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant of the Day: Liz Balmaseda From Cuba | Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist
Liz Balmaseda From Cuba | Pulitzer Prize-Winning JournalistLiz Balmaseda was born in Puerto Padre in the midst of the Cuban Revolution of 1959. After graduating from Florida International University, she…
Global Policy Watch
Drones Over Kenya and South Africa
Similar to the growing U.S. interest in exploring civilian uses of unmanned aircraft systems (“UAS”), efforts are underway across the African continent to deploy UAS in innovative ways such as…
Media Law Prof Blog
British Police Officer Sentenced For Selling Info To Tabloid
The Guardian reports that Thomas Ridgeway, a Scotland Yard police officer, has been sentenced to one year in prison for for selling stories to the UK tabloid the Sun. The…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant of the Day: JuJu Chang From South Korea | Journalist
Photo Courtesy of American Program BureauJuJu Chang From South Korea | JournalistBroadcast journalist Juju Chang, born in 1965 in Seoul, South Korea, serves as co-anchor of ABC’s Nightline. She also…
Media Law Prof Blog
Journalists Detained In Iran
From the New York Times, an article discussing the disappearance and presumed detention of journalist Jacob Rezaian, his wife, and a photographer by the Iranian government. Mr. Rezaian, a dual Iranian/US citizen…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigrant of the Day: Morley Safer (Canada)
Morley Safer began his American career at CBS as a correspondent during the Vietnam War. After making a name for himself for his willingness to report on controversial aspects of…
Elder Law Prof Blog
15th Annual Age Boom Academy
By rmorgan
Columbia University's Aging Center's International Longevity Center at the Mailman School of Public Health along with Columbia's Journalism School is hosting the 15th annual Age Boom Academy for journalists. The Academy is…
Media Law Prof Blog
Two Female Newspaper Execs Out at Major Papers
Two female editors-in-chief are out suddenly at prestigious papers, Jill Abramson at The New York Times, and Natalie Nougayrede at Le Monde. Ms. Abramson apparently parted ways with the Times after she asked…