Please join us this Friday, October 20th from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. ET for an important discussion on the First Amendment and reporters rights! This discussion is a part of Free Speech Week and will be hosted at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. and moderated by Reel Media Group co-founders Stephanie Siegel and Bram Weinstein.
The event will also be streamed on Facebook Live here.
Reel Media Group along with RTDNA, National Press Club Journalism Institute, and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass communication are co-sponsoring the event, at which students and professional journalists will have the opportunity to learn from media law experts.
The panel will include:
- Vikram Bhagat, in-house counsel at American Public Media Group and Minnesota Public Radio
- Ellen Crooke, VP of News for TEGNA and an RTDNA Director-at-Large
- Scott MacFarlane,Veteran investigative reporter for NBC Washington
- Paul Safierof the Media and Entertainment Law practice group at Ballard Spahr
Media law and journalism classes, as well as professional journalists, are encouraged to tune in and submit questions via Facebook Live at https://www.facebok.com/RTDNA.RTDNF/, or reserve a seat in the studio audience. The video will also be archived online for viewing later.