Recently in Silha Center for Media Ethics and Law Category

The midterm elections of 2010 saw a variety of issues involving media ethics and law: lawsuits and threatened lawsuits over campaign ads, a reporter detained by private security guards, and a revived discussion about whether reporters and other news commentators should make political contributions.

Lewis delivers 24th annual lecture
By Ruth DeFoster and Jacob Parsley

In two events sponsored by the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law in spring 2009, guest speakers and panelists from law enforcement, journalism, and the academy addressed difficult and timely questions concerning the interrelations of technology, privacy and law enforcement, as well as health journalism in the midst of an imminent flu pandemic.

by Patrick File and Jacob Parsley

By Sara Cannon

By Patrick File

By Christopher Gorman

Silha Forum examines media coverage of tragedies

Floyd Abrams Delivers 20th Annual Silha Lecture

By Andrew Deutsch

This spring, the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law highlighted two topics very much in the news. The Silha Forum held in March focused on the rights of privacy in the digital age, and the April forum looked at the ethical and legal issues reporters face when dealing with confidential sources.

By Elaine Hargrove and Penelope Sheets

The Silha Center's two Spring Forums examine media objectivity and e-mail privacy

Geoffrey Stone delivers 21st annual Silha Lecture: "The Freedom of the Press versus The National Security"