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Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Boston Globe article about Gregg Housh, founder of online news site Rebel News and a member of activist group Anonymous, and his plans to visit hacktivist chat rooms…
Professor Jane Kirtley was interviewed by the Vienna-based International Press Institute for an article about revisions to the Department of Defense's Law of War Manual that may undermine journalists' ability to…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press editorial regarding a new St. Paul policy permitting government employees to delete electronic communications they consider "no longer useful" to their…
Professor Jane Kirtley's essay, "Gawker—and First Amendment—May Receive Body Blow from Another Thin-Skinned Wrestler" was published by The Conversation, an online publisher of articles written by members of the…
Professor Jane Kirtley was a guest on The John Hines Show on WCCO News Radio, discussing the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decisions in Walker…
Professor Jane Kirtley discussed the risks of conflating media ethics standards with legal obligations in the Spring 2015 issue of The News Media and the Law. She pointed out that because journalism is protected by…
Professor Jane Kirtley was a featured speaker at the second biennial Indiana Government Information Day held at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis. The audience included government and law school librarians as…
Professor Jane Kirtley discussed the legal and ethical issues surrounding news reporting involving Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner, who described his transgender transition in an interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC.
Professor Jane Kirtley was a juror in the Commentary category for the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes. This year's award went to Lisa Falkenberg of the Houston Chronicle, whose columns about Texas grand jury abuses,…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Washington Post article about Phi Kappa Psi fraternity's announcement that it plans to sue Rolling Stone magazine for a now-repudiated article describing a…
Professor Jane Kirtley appeared on a panel, entitled "Government Control Through the Internet," at the Inter American Press Association's Midyear Meeting in Panama City, Panama. She discussed free press issues…
Professor Jane Kirtley was quoted in a Pioneer Press article about the University of Minnesota's Student Service Fee Committee's attempt to condition funding to an independent student magazine on "culturally…