The CalAware guide to journalism law in California
By: Terry Francke
Contributors: Californians Aware (Nonprofit organization)
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Californians Aware
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Carmichael, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
ISBN-13: 9780976906254
Subjects: Journalism; Law and legislation; Mass media; Press law
Other titles: Journalism law in California : for professionals and students in print, broadcast and Internet news reporting
Description: This comprehensive Guide to all law relevant to journalism in California covers both the rights of access to people, places and information afforded reporters and photojournalists as well as the protection for news accounts, editorial opinions and art, and post-publication encounters with legal challenges. Issues addressed in the guide include access to government meetings and records, court proceedings and judicial records at both the local and federal levels; cameras and recording equipment in the courtroom; information on hospital patients under HIPAA; avoiding liability for trespass, intrusion, secret eavesdropping and recording; California's unique paparazzi laws; avoiding libel, slander and invasion of privacy; and protection from subpoenas and pretrial discovery under California and federal law. Also provided in an appendix are detachable forms and statements including requests for public records from government agencies and courts, a template for a written demand for correction of a violation of the open meeting law, a caution against an impending unlawful police search for constitutionally protected material, and a statement to the court protesting exclusion from a legal proceeding. -- from Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Access to public records; title: 2. Access to local government meetings; title: 3. Constitutional open government rights; title: 4. Access to court proceedings and records; title: 5. Rights and risks of news gathering; title: 6. New publication and the consequences; title: 7. A defamation and privacy checklist; title: 8. Student journalists' rights and risks; title: 9. College journalists' rights and risks; title: Appendix[es]. A. Full current texts of the major open government statutes online; B. Statements of Legal rights, requests, cautions, demands.