Month: October 2013

David Finkel, TEL 1977, currently the Enterprise Editor and Reporter for the Washington Post spoke to Professor Mike Foley’s reporting class about immersion journalism on October 24, 2013 . Finkel was awarded a Pulitzer Prize in 2006 as a staff writer for the Washington Post for his coverage of U.S.-funded democracy efforts in Yemen. He is the author of “The […]

The ABA Journal quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert about a Virginia Supreme Court ruling regarding restrictions on the speech of attorneys in the November 1 story,  “Virginia Supreme Court holds that advertising rules may be applied to a lawyer’s blog.”

The national Edward R. Murrow award won by Cameron Taylor, TEL 2013, on work reported for WUFT News, is featured in this story on WJHG, Panama City Beach, where Taylor currently works. Related: Cameron Taylor wins National Murrow Award Florida oyster fisheries experiencing above-average losses this season

The ABA Journal quotes Brechner Eminent Scholar in Mass Communication Clay Calvert regarding disclosure of merchant credit card fees as first amendment protected speech in the October 1 story,  “Merchants say loss of credit card ‘swipe fees’ violates their 1st Amendment rights.”