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Justice, Media and the People's Right to Know:
Inherent Tensions and Practical Implications in a Free Society
April 1, 2011
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy,
Knoxville, TN
This all-day conference will explore ways that journalists and public officials can better inform the public to build trust and confidence in two institutions important
to a democracy: government and a free press.
Keynote speaker: Alex Jones, a native East Tennessean and now director of the
Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University. He covered the press for The New York Times from 1983-92 and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1987.
Other speakers and panelists: experts in law enforcement, criminal and civil court procedures, Tennessee laws on open meetings and records and experienced journalists
who cover governmental affairs.
Participants will include
the general public, journalists, law enforcement officials, court personnel, government records custodians
Attendance is free, but registration is required by March 25. To Register and review a draft agenda, visit the Baker
Center website www.bakercenter.utk.edu
Sponsored by
East Tennessee Society of Professional Journalists
and
The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Additional support from the: University of Tennessee College of Law, Society of Professional Journalists
national and Region 12 offices, UT Political Science Department, UT American Studies Interdisciplinary Program, UT School of Journalism and Electronic Media/College of Communication and Information, Knoxville News Sentinel, the E. W. Scripps Company, Tennessee
Press Association Foundation
Direct registration url
http://tinyurl.com/6xhf83n
Amy K. Gibson, Ph.D.
Director of Communications and Public Programming
Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
865-974-3816 (o)
865-363-9605 (m)