See freeandequal.org to watch the hour-long CATO event on October 13 on ballot access. Speaking are Professor James Bennett, and Theresa Amato, each of whom has published a book this year on ballot access laws, and related topics. Also speaking is Hans Von Spakovsky, a former Federal Election Commissioner. The questions from the audience at the end, and the responses of the panelists, are especially interesting.
“Saturday, October 24 is the date. The place is Southwestern Law School’s Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute in Los Angeles. The event is FAC’s annual Free Speech and Open Government Assembly, jointly sponsored by the Coalition, the Biederman Institute and the McCormick Foundation.
For our colleagues in the ethnic media, some sessions will be conducted in Spanish and Vietnamese, as well as English.
The program includes panel discussions on topics ranging from journalists’ use of social media for reporting, to new online tools to track the influence of money on legislation, to journalism training sessions on how to get sophisticated, insider news stories (and avoid being “spun” by government officials on one hand, or union officials on the other) about: local police and the criminal justice system; public school financing and the ranking of schools and teachers; salaries and pensions of government employees; and much more.
You’ll hear our featured speakers:
–2009 Pulitzer Prize winner (“public interest” category) and Wall Street Journal reporter Alexandra Berzon (in a conversation with LA Times media columnist James Rainey)
–Alex Jones, author of the just-released “Losing the News” and Director of Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy.”
“Enjoy debates among our expert panelists, including: Dan Gillmor, Director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship; Geneva Overholser, Director of the USC Annenberg School of Journalism; Claudia Nuñez, La Opinion; Evan Hansen, Editor-in-Chief, Wired.com; Neil Budde, President, DailyMe; Ricardo Sandoval, Sacramento Bee; Mary Perry, EdSource; Kathryn Baron, Fellow, UC Berkeley; and LA Times reporters Mitchell Landsberg and Matt Lait. Check out the full program,”
Forwarded by Don Lake and Citizens For A Better Veterans Home ………..