On the First Amendment and the Fourth Estate-Fourth Annual Symposium

Date: Thursday, March 08, 2012

Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

ABOUT THE INSTITUTE

Some of the most polarizing and provocative issues of our time involve matters rooted in the First Amendment. Edward I. Masterman JD ‘50, LLD ‘90 and his wife Sydell, established the Masterman Institute on the First Amendment and the Fourth Estate to provide a forum for robust debate and exchange of ideas on freedom of the press and its attendant responsibilities. The Institute hosts a symposium each year that brings together representatives from government, the legal profession, and the press for the purposes of informing, educating, and engaging those who care deeply about these issues. Associate Dean and Professor of Law Karen Blum JD ‘74 is the Director of the Masterman Institute. Professor Blum teaches in the areas of federal courts and civil rights and liberties.

Truth in Journalism:
What Happens When “Fair and Balanced” Gets in the Way of Telling the Real Story

LUNCHEON KEYNOTE

LINDA GREENHOUSE
SENIOR RESEARCH SCHOLAR IN LAW, THE KNIGHT DISTINGUISHED JOURNALIST IN RESIDENCE AND JOSEPH GOLDSTEIN LECTURER IN LAW AT YALE LAW SCHOOL

Ms. Greenhouse covered the Supreme Court for The New York Times between 1978 and 2008 and currently writes a biweekly column on law. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, where she serves on the council, and is one of two non-lawyer honorary members of the American Law Institute, which in 2002 awarded her its Henry J. Friendly Medal. In 2005, the Council of the American Philosophical Society, of which Ms. Greenhouse is a member, awarded her its Henry Allen Moe Prize for writing in the humanities and jurisprudence. She is a member of the Harvard University Board of Overseers and of the Senate of Phi Beta Kappa. She is a 1968 graduate of Radcliffe College (Harvard), where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ms. Greenhouse earned a Master of Studies in Law degree from Yale Law School (1978), which she attended on a Ford Foundation fellowship.

PANELISTS

Professor Kennedy teaches news reporting, media law and other journalism courses, with an emphasis on blogging and social networks. He writes a weekly online column for The Guardian and is a regular panelist on "Beat the Press," a weekly media roundtable on WGBH-TV (Channel 2). A former media columnist for the Boston Phoenix, he is the 2001 recipient of the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism. In both 2008 and 2009 he was a finalist in the Syracuse University Mirror Awards for his Guardian commentaries on media issues. He is the author of "Little People: Learning to See the World Through My Daughter's Eyes" (Rodale, 2003), a book about the culture of dwarfism. His blog, Media Nation, tracks issues related to journalism, politics and culture. Kennedy received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Northeastern University and his master's degree in American history from Boston University. From 1979-'88, he was a reporter and editor for the Daily Times Chronicle, in Woburn, Massachusetts.

ANN MARIE LIPINSKI
CURATOR OF THE NIEMAN, FOUNDATION FOR JOURNALISM AT HARVARD

Prior to her appointment as curator of the Neiman Foundation, Ms. Lipinski was Vice President of Civic Engagement for the University of Chicago, where she is credited with major contributions to the discourse around the future of the city, arts programs in the community, and collaborations with local public schools. From 2001-2008, Ms. Lipinski served as editor of the Chicago Tribune, where she had worked her way up from an internship position in 1978 to managing editor in 1995. Under her stewardship, the Tribune became known as a leader in public service journalism, publishing stories with both investigative depth and literary detail, including a multiyear reporting effort that helped bring about a moratorium on the death penalty in Illinois. Under her leadership, the Tribune won Pulitzers for international, explanatory, investigative, feature, and editorial writing. The paper also significantly expanded its portfolio of print and digital offerings.

EILEEN MCNAMARA
PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE IN JOURNALISM, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY

Professor McNamara is a former Boston Globe columnist, where she won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1997. A graduate of Barnard College (1974) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (1976), she was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard for the academic year 1987-88. She began her journalism career at Barnard as a campus correspondent for The Daily News in New York City before graduating to The News-Times of Danbury, CT and United Press International in Boston. During nearly 30 years at The Boston Globe, she covered everything from the night police beat to the United States Congress. First hired as a newsroom secretary, she worked her way up through the general assignment staff, the State House Bureau, the special projects team and the Sunday magazine staff to the position of columnist in 1995. In addition to the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, she has been the recipient of writing and public service awards from the American Society of Newspaper Editors, Sigma Delta Chi, the Robert F. Kennedy Foundation and others for a reporting career that focused on such pressing social issues as infant mortality, domestic violence and juvenile crime. In 2007, she was named a winner of the Yankee Quill Award, the highest individual honor given by the Academy of New England Journalists.

MODERATOR

GREG GATLIN
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY

Greg Gatlin oversees Suffolk University’s communications, brand and media strategies as Interim Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Gatlin joined the University as Director of Public Affairs in March 2008, overseeing media relations for the University, including the Law School, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Sawyer Business School. Before joining Suffolk University, Gatlin served as Business Editor of the Boston Herald, a post he assumed in 2006. During his 10 years at the newspaper he also served as Deputy Business Editor and as a business reporter. His coverage of Procter & Gamble’s 2005 purchase of Gillette Co. received the Society of American Business Editors and Writer’s “Best in Business” award for breaking news. Gatlin worked for three years in production at ABC News in New York before beginning his print journalism career. He is a graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and has a master’s degree in print journalism from Boston University.